Distributed feedback fiber laser strain sensors

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1161-1172

  Cranch, Geoffrey A ^b   Flockhart, Gordon M H ^b   Kirkendall, Clay K ^a,b  

^a IEEE

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Array; Bragg grating; DFB fiber laser; Erbium doped fiber (EDF); Hydrophone; Multiplexing; Strain sensor

Indexed keywords

DETECTORS; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; GEODETIC SATELLITES; INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGICAL FORECASTING;

DESIGN PARAMETERS.; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK (DFB); DOPED FIBERS; EFFECTIVE LENGTH; LASER SENSORS; POTENTIAL NOISE; STRAIN RESOLUTION; STRAIN SENSORS; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; WAVE LENGTH SHIFTING;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 47849123223     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926876     Document Type: Article

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