Fiber strain sensor based on a π-phase-shifted Bragg grating and the Pound-Drever-Hall technique

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1945-1950

  Gatti, D ^a   Galzerano, G ^a   Janner, D ^b   Longhi, S ^a   Laporta, P ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; FOURIER OPTICS; HALL EFFECT; PHASE LOCKED LOOPS; PHASE SHIFTERS;

FIBER STRAIN SENSORS; LASER FREQUENCY; POUND-DREVER-HALL TECHNIQUE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 39049120643     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.001945     Document Type: Article

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