A novel multi-functional fibre optic sensor

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7293, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Mahendran, Ramani S ^a   Machavaram, Venkata R ^a   Wang, Liwei ^a   Burns, Jonathan M ^a   Harris, Dee ^a   Kukureka, Stephen N ^a   Fernando, Gerard F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Composite; Cure; Fabry Perot; Fibre Bragg grating (FBG); Multi functional; Refractive index; Residual strain

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE; CURE; FABRY-PEROT; FIBRE BRAGG GRATING (FBG); MULTI-FUNCTIONAL; RESIDUAL STRAIN;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CROSSLINKING; CURING; DESIGN; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROCESS MONITORING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESINS; SMART SENSORS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; THERMOSETS;

SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 66749184901     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.817615     Document Type: Conference Paper

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