In-fiber twist sensor based on a fiber Bragg grating with 81° tilted structure

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2596-2598

  Chen, X ^a   Zhou, K ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber grating; Optical sensor; Polarization mode split; Twist sensor

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING;

LIGHT COUPLING; TWIST SENSOR;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33845756815     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887371     Document Type: Article

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