DFB fiber laser hydrophone with flat frequency response and enhanced acoustic pressure sensitivity

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1280-1282

  Ma, Lina ^a   Hu, Yongming ^a   Luo, Hong ^a   Hu, Zhengliang ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF DEFENSE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Acoustic pressure sensitivity; Distributed feedback (DFB) fiber lasers; Dynamic range; Frequency response; Optical fiber hydrophones

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC PRESSURE SENSITIVITY; ACOUSTIC PRESSURES; ACOUSTIC SIGNALS; DISTRIBUTED- FEEDBACK (DFB) FIBER LASERS; DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK; DYNAMIC RANGE; FLAT FREQUENCY RESPONSE; MOUNTING STRUCTURE;

ACOUSTICS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; DYNAMIC RESPONSE; FEEDBACK; FIBER LASERS; FIBERS; HYDROPHONES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

FREQUENCY RESPONSE;

EID: 69649098503     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2026180     Document Type: Article

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