Phase-sensitive interrogation of fiber Bragg grating resonators for sensing applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1881-1889

  Chow, Jong H ^a   Littler, Ian C M ^b   de Vine, Glenn ^a   McClelland, David E ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bragg grating interrogation; Bragg grating resonator; Fiber Fabry P rot (FFP); Fiber resonator; Fiber sensor; Frequency locking; Nanostrain; Picostrain; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; PHASE MODULATION;

BRAGG GRATING INTERROGATION; BRAGG GRATING RESONATOR; FIBER RESONATOR; FREQUENCY LOCKING; NANOSTRAIN; PICOSTRAIN; STRAIN SENSOR;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 20344370005     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.846895     Document Type: Article

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