Low-coherence Michelson interferometric fiber-optic multiplexed strain sensor array: A minimum configuration

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 16, 2004, Pages 3211-3216

  Yuan, Libo ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Zhou, Limin ^b,c   Jin, Wei ^b,c   Ding, Xiaoli ^b,c  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c Department of Mechanical Engineering ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; STRAIN;

MULTIPLEXING POTENTIAL; QUASI-DISTRINUTED SENSING; STRAIN DISTRIBUTION; STRAIN SENSOR ARRAYS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 2942615370     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.003211     Document Type: Article

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