Measurements of polarimetric sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure, strain and temperature in birefringent dual-core microstructured polymer fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 12076-12087

  Szczurowski, Marcin K ^a   Martynkien, Tadeusz ^a   Statkiewicz Barabach, Gabriela ^a   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^a   Webb, David J ^b  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

DUAL-CORE; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFEROMETRIC METHODS; PHASE MODALS; POLARIMETRIC SENSITIVITY; POLYMER FIBER; SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY TO HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; SINGLE MODE PROPAGATION; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; WEAK COUPLINGS;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 77953591523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.012076     Document Type: Article

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