Analysis of distortion of a fiber optic Michelson interferometric sensor caused by the imperfect properties of its 3×3 coupler

Optical Engineering

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 2101-2106

  Shih, Sung Tsun ^a,b,c   Chen, Mao Hsiung ^a,b,d,e,f   Lin, Wuu Wen ^a,d,g,h  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Institute of Control Engineering   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h CHUNG SHAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3 3 coupler; Faraday rotator mirror; Fiber optic Michelson interferometric sensor

Indexed keywords

EID: 0542424601     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601392     Document Type: Article

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