Sensor grating demodulation using a passively mode locked fiber laser

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3042, Issue , 1997, Pages 352-357

  Putnam, Martin A ^a   Dennis, Michael L ^a   Kang, Jin U ^a   Tsai, Tsung E ^a   Duling, Irl N ^a   Friebele, E Joseph ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber laser; Mode locked erbiumdoped fiber laser; Strain sensing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; DEMODULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PASSIVE MODE LOCKING;

BROAD BANDWIDTHS; DISPERSIVE FIBER; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER LASER; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; PASSIVELY MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS; REFLECTED PULSE; STRAIN SENSING; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

MODE-LOCKED FIBER LASERS;

EID: 33644490828     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.275754     Document Type: Conference Paper

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