Fiber optic confocal laser Doppler velocimeter using an all-fiber laser source for high resolution measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 6250-6258

  Sharma, Utkarsh ^a   Chen, Gang ^a   Kang, Jin U ^a   Ilev, Ilko ^b   Waynant, Ronald W ^b  

^a Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

FIBER OPTIC CONFOCAL LASER DOPPLER VELOCIMETER; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODE LASERS; SPECTRAL LINEWIDTH;

VELOCIMETERS;

EID: 24044507302     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.006250     Document Type: Article

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