Temperature- And phase-independent lateral force sensor based on a core-offset multi-mode fiber interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19291-19296

  Dong, Bo ^a   Zhou, Da Peng ^b   Wei, Li ^a   Liu, Wing Ki ^b   Lit, John W Y ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT EXTINCTION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EXTINCTION RATIOS; HIGH EXTINCTION RATIOS; INTERFERENCE PHASE; LATERAL FORCE SENSORS; MULTI-MODE FIBERS (MMF); PHASE-INDEPENDENT; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; TEMPERATURE VARIATION;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MANOMETRY; MECHANICAL STRESS; PHASE TRANSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; MANOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STRESS, MECHANICAL; TEMPERATURE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 56149112527     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019291     Document Type: Article

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