Optical Fiber Sensor Technologies: Opportunities and - Perhaps - Pitfalls

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-50

  Culshaw, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed sensing; Environmental sensing; Fiber optic sensor technology; Oil and gas industry sensing and measurement; Sensor systems; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

COSTS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTELLIGENT STRUCTURES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MARKETING; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; SENSOR DATA FUSION;

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING; FIBER OPTIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY; OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY SENSING AND MEASUREMENT; SENSOR SYSTEMS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 1442336026     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2003.822139     Document Type: Conference Paper

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