Transverse load and orientation measurement with multicore fiber Bragg gratings

Applied Optics

Volumn 44, Issue 32, 2005, Pages 6890-6897

  Silva López, Manuel ^a   MacPherson, William N ^a   Li, Cheng ^a   Moore, Andrew J ^a   Barton, James S ^a   Jones, Julian D C ^a   Zhao, Donghui ^b   Zhang, Lin ^b   Bennion, Ian ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER OPTICS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; LOADS (FORCES); OPTICAL FIBERS; STRESSES;

BRAGG PEAKS; MULTICORE FIBERS; ORIENTATION MEASUREMENT; TRANSVERSE LOAD;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 27944503429     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.44.006890     Document Type: Article

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