High spatial resolution measurements of transverse stress in a fiber Bragg grating using four-state analysis low-coherence interferometry and layer-peeling

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6167, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Espejo, R Joseph ^a   Dyer, Shellee D ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber optic sensors; Layer peeling; Low coherence interferometry; Transverse strain sensors

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIREFRINGENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLARIZATION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

LAYER PEELING; LOW COHERENCE INTERFEROMETRY; STRESS-OPTIC PROPERTIES; TRANSVERSE STRAIN SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33745818357     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.658061     Document Type: Conference Paper

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