Power loss characteristics of a sensing element based on a grooved polymer optical fiber under elongation

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 19, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Y C ^a   Xie, W F ^a   Ke, Y L ^a   Chen, L W ^a  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Elongation; Optical fiber sensor; Polymer optical fiber

Indexed keywords

CURVE FITTING; ELASTOPLASTICITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMERS;

CURVE FITTING TECHNIQUE; ELASTIC-PLASTIC; EMPIRICAL EXPRESSION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; POWER ATTENUATION; SENSING ELEMENTS; SENSITIVITY INCREASE; THREE DIMENSIONAL FINITE ELEMENT MODEL;

ELONGATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELONGATION; EQUATIONS; EXPERIMENTATION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SENSORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL DESIGN;

EID: 58149306133     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/19/10/105203     Document Type: Article

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