Low cost optical fibre based Fabry-Perot strain sensor production

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 2206-2212

  Tuck, Christopher J ^a,c   Hague, Richard ^a   Doyle, Crispin ^b,c  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Smart Fibres Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemical etcing; Fabry Perot; Optical fibre sensors; Strain

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ETCHING; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRAIN;

CCD SPECTROMETER; CHEMICAL ETCING; LUMINESCENT DIODES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; ETCHING; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETRY; ITERATIVE METHODS; STRAIN;

EID: 33746283624     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/17/8/021     Document Type: Article

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