Pico-strain multiplexed fiber optic sensor array operating down to infra-sonic frequencies

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 11077-11087

  Littler, Ian C M ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^a   Chow, Jong H ^a   Shaddock, Daniel A ^a   McClelland, David E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROSSTALK; MULTIPLEXING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

HYDROPHONE ARRAYS; INTEGRATED SENSOR SYSTEM; LASER FREQUENCY; LOW-FREQUENCY; OPTICAL FREQUENCY REFERENCES; SINGLE FREQUENCY; STRAIN SENSING SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXED;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 67649261950     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.011077     Document Type: Article

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