Bend sensors with direction recognition based on long-period gratings written in D-shaped fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 43, Issue 29, 2004, Pages 5425-5428

  Zhao, Dorighui ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a   Zhou, Kalming ^a   Zhang, Lin ^a   Bennlon, Ian ^a   MacPherson, William N ^b   Barton, James S ^b   Jones, Julian D C ^b  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; BENDING (DEFORMATION); CLADDING (COATING); LIGHT POLARIZATION; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; RESONANCE; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS (LPG); PHOTOSENSITIVE FIBERS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; WACELENGTH;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 7544244531     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.43.005425     Document Type: Article

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