Tilted fiber grating accelerometer incorporating an abrupt biconical taper for cladding to core recoupling

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20651-20660

  Guo, Tuan ^a   Shao, Liyang ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a   Krug, Peter A ^b   Albert, Jacques ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; ELECTRIC ARCS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LIGHT SOURCES; VIBRATIONS (MECHANICAL);

BICONICAL TAPERS; FIBER OPTIC ACCELEROMETER; MECHANICAL RESONANCE; SENSING CONFIGURATION; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; TILTED FIBER GRATINGS; VIBRATION FREQUENCY; WAVELENGTH INTERROGATION;

FIBERS;

EID: 70749086507     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020651     Document Type: Article

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