Characterization of FBG sensor interrogation based on a FDML wavelength swept laser

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 16552-16560

  Jung, Eun Joo ^a,b   Kim, Chang Seok ^a   Jeong, Myung Yung ^a   Kim, Moon Ki ^c   Jeon, Min Yong ^d   Jung, Woonggyu ^b,e   Chen, Zhongping ^b,e  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^e University of California at Irvine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SENSING DEVICES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FOURIER SERIES; SPECTROSCOPY; VIBRATION MEASUREMENT;

DYNAMIC STRAIN; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; FOURIER DOMAINS; GRATING SENSOR; HIGH-SPEED INTERROGATION; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; SWEPT LASERS; WAVELENGTH SWEPT LASER;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 54249129752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/oe.16.016552     Document Type: Article

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