Orientation-free pressure sensor based on π-shifted single-mode-fiber Sagnac interferometer

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 27, 2010, Pages 5043-5048

  Gan, Jiulin ^a   Shen, Li ^a   Ye, Qing ^a   Pan, Zhengqing ^a   Cai, Haiwen ^a   Qu, Ronghui ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF OPTICS AND FINE MECHANICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; DESIGN FOR TESTABILITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; POLARIZATION; POLARIZATION-MAINTAINING FIBER; PRESSURE SENSORS;

DEVICE UNDER TEST; FIBER LOOPS; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; JONES MATRIX METHOD; POLARIZATION CONTROLLERS; SAGNAC INTERFEROMETER; SAGNAC LOOP;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 77957581423     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.005043     Document Type: Article

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