Optical pressure/acoustic sensor with precise Fabry-Perot cavity length control using angle polished fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 16613-16618

  Wang, Wenhui ^a   Wu, Nan ^a   Tian, Ye ^a   Wang, Xingwei ^a   Niezrecki, Christopher ^a   Chen, Julie ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY;

CAVITY LENGTH; F-P CAVITIES; FABRICATION PROCESS; FABRY-PEROT CAVITY; OPTICAL PRESSURE; SILICON CRYSTAL; STATIC AND DYNAMIC RESPONSE; V-SHAPED GROOVES;

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 70349222733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016613     Document Type: Article

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