Broadband spectrally flat and high power density light source for fibre sensing purposes

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1014-1019

  Martin Lopez, Sonia ^a   Gonzalez Herraez, Miguel ^a,b   Carrasco Sanz, Ana ^a   Vanholsbeeck, Frederique ^c   Coen, Stephane ^c   Fernandez, Hector ^d   Solis, Javier ^d   Corredera, Pedro ^a   Hernanz, Maria L ^a  

^a Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d INSTITUTO DE ÓPTICA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Broadband sources; Optical coherence tomography; Supercontinuum

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

BROADBAND SOURCES; OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY; RAMAN FIBRE LASERS; SUPERCONTINUUM;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

BANDWIDTH; COHERENT LIGHT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; RAMAN SCATTERING; SOLITONS;

EID: 33646197098     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/5/S13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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