Mirrored line-of-sight input nodes for embedded optical waveguides

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Teitelbaum, Michael E ^a   O'Brien, Danny ^b   Wetzel, Eric D ^b   Goossen, Keith W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Data porting; Fiber optics; Free space optics; Multifunctional materials; Optical fiber sensors; Plastic optical fiber; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

DATA PORTING; FREE-SPACE OPTICS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER; SMART STRUCTURES;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; CONCRETE BRIDGES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTOELECTRONICS; LIGHT; LIGHT REFRACTION; MIRRORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PLASTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SILVER; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 70349681068     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3028334     Document Type: Article

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