Analysis of fiber Fabry-Pérot interferometric sensors using low-coherence light sources

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1758-1767

  Yu, Bing ^a   Wang, Anbo ^a   Pickrell, Gary R ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot (F P) interferometers (FPIs); Low coherence source; Numerical analysis; Optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; INTERFEROMETERS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION;

DYNAMIC RANGE; FRINGE CONTRAST; INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS; LOW-COHERENCE SOURCE; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; SENSOR DESIGN OPTIMIZATION;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33645829488     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.863336     Document Type: Article

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