Four-beam single fiber optic interferometer and its sensing characteristics

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-15

  Yuan, Libo ^a   Wang, Xue ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curvature sensor; Fiber optic sensor; Four beam interferometer; Four core fiber; Temperature gradient sensor; Twisting sensor

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL GRADIENTS;

CURVATURE SENSORS; FOUR BEAM INTERFEROMETERS; FOUR CORE FIBERS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT SENSORS; TWISTING SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 34347247283     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2007.04.037     Document Type: Article

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