Highly sensitive bending sensor based on Er3+-doped DBR fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 17834-17840

  Liu, Weisheng ^a,b   Guo, Tuan ^a   Wong, Allan Chi Lun ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a   He, Sailing ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERBIUM; FIBER LASERS; LASER OPTICS; POLARIZATION; SENSORS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

BEAT FREQUENCY; BENDING CURVATURE; BENDING MEASUREMENT; BENDING SENSORS; DBR; DBR LASER; DOWNCONVERSION; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; SHORT CAVITY; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION; TEMPERATURE FLUCTUATION; THEORETICAL RESULT;

DBR LASERS;

ERBIUM; GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ERBIUM; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; LASERS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 77956401560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017834     Document Type: Article

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