Laser-machined fibers as Fabry-Perot pressure sensors

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 5590-5596

  Watson, Stuart ^a   Gander, Matthew J ^a   MacPherson, William N ^a   Barton, James S ^a   Jones, Julian D C ^a   Klotzbuecher, Thomas ^b   Braune, Torsten ^b   Ott, Johannes ^b   Schmitz, Felix ^b  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUT FÜR MIKROTECHNIK MAINZ GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER LASERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYCARBONATES; SHOCK TUBES;

MULTICORE FIBERS; PRESSURE SENSORS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 33749817401     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005590     Document Type: Article

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