Optical fiber three-axis accelerometer based on lasers locked to π phase-shifted Bragg gratings

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Lam, Timothy T Y ^a,b   Gagliardi, Gianluca ^a   Salza, Mario ^a   Chow, Jong H ^b   De Natale, Paolo ^a,c  

^a ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI OTTICA   (Italy)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Ctro Regionale di Competenza Analisi e Monitoraggio del Rischio Ambientale of the Campania district   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Cantilever; Diode laser; Fiber Bragg grating; Frequency locking; phase shifted gratings

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETERS; BANDWIDTH; BRAGG GRATINGS; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); NANOCANTILEVERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS;

CANTILEVER; DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK DIODE LASER; FREQUENCY LOCKING; PHASE SHIFTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING (PSFBG); PHASE-SHIFTED GRATINGS; POUND-DREVER-HALL TECHNIQUE; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; THREE AXIS ACCELEROMETERS;

PHASE SHIFT;

EID: 77958197113     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/21/9/094010     Document Type: Article

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