High-resolution absolute frequency referenced fiber optic sensor for quasi-static strain sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 21, 2010, Pages 4029-4033

  Lam, Timothy T Y ^a   Chow, Jong H ^a   Shaddock, Daniel A ^a   Littler, Ian C M ^a   Gagliardi, Gianluca ^b   Gray, Malcolm B ^c   McClelland, David E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTICS; LOCKS (FASTENERS);

ABSOLUTE FREQUENCY; ABSORPTION LINES; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK; FIBER FABRY-PEROT SENSOR; FIBER OPTIC STRAIN SENSING SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY REFERENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION; QUASI-STATIC STRAINS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 77955912142     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.004029     Document Type: Article

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