Temperature independent strain/load sensor using a highly birefringent photonic crystal fibre loop mirror

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6619, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Frazao O ^a   Marques, L ^a   Marques, J ^a   Baptista, J M ^a,b   Santos, J L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Load; Loop mirror; Optical fibre sensor; Strain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

LOOP MIRROR; TRANSVERSE LOAD SENSITIVITY;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 36549052598     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.738368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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