A compact fiber-optic flow velocity sensor based on a twin-core fiber Michelson interferometer

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1114-1117

  Yuan, Libo ^a   Yang, Jun ^a   Liu, Zhihai ^a  

^a HARBIN ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber optics sensors; Velocimetry

Indexed keywords

CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DETECTORS; FIBERS; FLOW VELOCITY; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; SENSORS;

FIBER MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER; OPTIC FLOWS; SLOW FLOW; VELOCITY SENSORS;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 47849090400     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926873     Document Type: Conference Paper

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