Modal interferometer based on hollow-core photonic crystal fiber for strain and temperature measurement

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18669-18675

  Aref, S H ^a,b   Amezcua Correa, R ^c   Carvalho, J P ^a,d   Frazao O ^a,d   Caldas, P ^a,d,e   Santos, J L ^a,d   Araujo F M ^a   Latifi, H ^b   Farahi, F ^f   Ferreira, L A ^a   Knight, J C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^e INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL FIBERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

FUNDAMENTAL MODES; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; INTERFERENCE PATTERNS; INTERFEROMETRIC TECHNIQUES; MODAL INTERFEROMETERS; MODAL INTERFEROMETRIES; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 70350332493     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018669     Document Type: Article

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