Characterization of an optical fiber thermometer using Tm3+:YAG crystal, based on the fluorescence lifetime approach

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 109, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 53-59

  Shen, Yonghang ^a,b   Zhao, Weizhong ^a,b   Sun, Tong ^a   Grattan, Kenneth T V ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber thermometer; Fluorescence lifetime; Tm3+:YAG crystal

Indexed keywords

AMPLIFIERS (ELECTRONIC); CALIBRATION; CRYSTALS; FLUORESCENCE; HYSTERESIS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTODIODES; SILICA; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; THULIUM;

FIBER THERMOMETER; FLUORESCENCE LIFETIME; PHASED-LOCKED-DETECTION (PLD);

THERMOMETERS;

EID: 0942289928     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2003.09.006     Document Type: Article

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