High-resolution strain/temperature sensing system based on a high-finesse fiber cavity and time-domain wavelength demodulation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2477-2481

  Chen, Daru ^a   Liu, Weisheng ^a   Jiang, Meng ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot cavity; Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber sensor; Strain temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; FIBER CAVITY; FIBER SENSOR; HIGH REFLECTIVITY; HIGH RESOLUTION; LASER DIODES; MAPPING WAVELENGTH; SAW-TOOTH SIGNALS; SENSING SYSTEMS; SINGLE LONGITUDINAL MODE; STRAIN SENSING; STRAIN/TEMPERATURE SENSOR; TEMPERATURE SENSING; TIME DOMAIN; TRANSMISSION BAND; WAVELENGTH DEMODULATION;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DEMODULATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; TIME MEASUREMENT;

SENSORS;

EID: 67651093809     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2011498     Document Type: Article

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