Reflective side-polished optical fiber submersion sensor using an optical fiber mirror for remote sensing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 583-585

  Lee, Cherl Hee ^a   Kim, Jang Hee ^a   Park, Jae Hee ^b   Song, Jae Won ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^b Keimyung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Optical fiber mirror; Reflective; Remote sensing; Side polished; Submersion sensor

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MIRRORS; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

REFLECTION-TYPE SIDE-POLISHED OPTICAL FIBER SUBMERSION SENSOR (RSS); TRANSMISSION-TYPE SIDE-POLISHED OPTICAL FIBER SUBMERSION SENSOR (TSS);

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 34247123263     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.894280     Document Type: Article

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