Recent advances in high-birefringence fiber loop mirror sensors

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2970-2983

  Frazão, Orlando ^a,c   Baptista, José M ^a,b   Santos, José L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fiber loop mirror; High birefringence fiber; Optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

FIBER LOOP MIRRORS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE FIBER LOOP MIRROR; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE FIBERS; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 36849028003     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7112970     Document Type: Article

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