Intrinsic optical fiber temperature sensor operating by modulation of the local numerical aperture

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Remouche, Mustapha ^a   Mokdad, Rabah ^a,b   Lahrashe, Moktar ^a   Chakari, Ayoub ^a   Meyruels, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MOULOUD MAMMERI   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Curvature; Losses; Optical fiber; Sensor; Temperature

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT MODULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

NUMERICAL APERTURE; POWER ATTENUATION; RADIATION LOSS;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 34347375738     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2709854     Document Type: Article

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