Stress distribution and induced birefringence analysis for pressure vector sensing based on single mode fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 3955-3960

  Li, Zhengyong ^a,b   Wu, Chongqing ^a,b   Dong, Hui ^c   Shum, P ^c   Tian, C Y ^a,b   Zhao, S ^a,b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; COMPUTATION THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; OPTICAL SENSORS; PRESSURE SENSORS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

BIREFRINGENCE VECTORS; INDUCED BIREFRINGENCE ANALYSIS; PRESSURE VECTOR SENSING; STRESS FUNCTION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELASTICITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MANOMETRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 41149117641     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.003955     Document Type: Article

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