Improved fiber optic hydrophone sensors

Proceedings - IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2319-2322

  Gopinath, R ^a   Srinivasan, K ^a   Umchid, S ^b   Bansal, L ^c   Daryoush, A S ^a   Lewin, P A ^b   El Sherif, M ^c  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Photonics Laboratories Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Coated down tapered fiber; Fiber sensor; Optical hydrophone

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; ACOUSTICS; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTROACOUSTIC TRANSDUCERS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GOLD; HEALTH; HYDROPHONES; METALLIZING; METALS; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL ENGINEERING; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; REFLECTION; SENSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS; ULTRASONIC IMAGING; ULTRASONICS;

ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; COATED DOWN-TAPERED FIBER; DIAGNOSTIC APPLICATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE; FIBER OPTIC; FIBER SENSOR; FIBER SENSORS; FIBER-OPTIC HYDROPHONES; FIBER-OPTICAL; GOLD-COATED; HIGH INTENSITY; INTENSITY DETECTION; METAL LAYERS; OPTICAL HYDROPHONE; SENSING AREAS; SUB-MILLIMETER; TAPERED FIBERS; THIN METAL COATING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 48149092931     PISSN: 10510117     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ULTSYM.2007.583     Document Type: Conference Paper

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