Accurate strain measurements with fiber Bragg sensors and wavelength references

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 325-330

  Rivera, E ^a   Thomson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETALONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERPOLATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN;

FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG) SENSORS; LOCATION ALGORITHM; POLYNOMIAL PEAK FITTING; WAVELENGTH REFERENCES;

STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33645017121     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: 1361665X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/15/2/012     Document Type: Article

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