Fabry-pérot cavity based on a suspended-core fiber for strain and temperature measurement

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1229-1231

  Fraz̃ao, Orlando ^a   Aref, S H ^a,b   Baptista, José M ^a,c   Santos, José L ^a,d   Latifi, H ^b   Farahi, F ^e   Kobelke, Jens ^f   Schuster, Kay ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MADEIRA   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^f LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot (FP) interferometer; Microstructured fiber; Optical fiber sensor

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURED FIBER; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STRAIN RESPONSE; STRUCTURE-BASED;

INTERFEROMETERS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FIBERS;

EID: 69649086809     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2024645     Document Type: Article

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