Distributed load sensor by use of a chirped moiré fiber Bragg grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 35, 2004, Pages 6454-6457

  Gillooly, Andrew Michael ^a   Dobb, Helen ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Bennion, Ian ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHASE SHIFT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BEAT EFFECT; CHIRPED MOIRÉ FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS (CMFG); FRINGE PATTERNS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 10944269398     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.006454     Document Type: Article

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