A wireless composite optical bend loss sensor for pressure and shear measurement

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6177, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Huang, Chu Yu ^a   Wu, Wen Jong ^c   Fu, Shih Chieh ^b   Reinhall, Per G ^a   Wang, Wei Chih ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bend loss sensor; Distributive mechanical sensor; Fiber optic sensor; PDMS; Pressure sensor; RF remote data acquisition; Shear sensor

Indexed keywords

BEND LOSS SENSOR; DISTRIBUTIVE MECHANICAL SENSOR; FIBER OPTIC SENSOR; PDMS; PRESSURE SENSOR; RF REMOTE DATA ACQUISITION; SHEAR SENSOR;

ATTENUATION; DATA ACQUISITION; FIBER OPTICS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33749551894     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.657559     Document Type: Conference Paper

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