Fiber optic pressure sensing with conforming elastomers

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 35, 2010, Pages 6784-6788

  Shao, Li Yang ^a,b   Jiang, Qi ^b   Albert, Jacques ^b  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; ELASTOMERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; PLASTICS; PRESSURE SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ELASTOMER MATERIALS; FIBER OPTIC PRESSURE; LATERAL PRESSURES; OPTICAL TRANSMISSION SPECTRUM; PRESSURE SENSING; STANDARD DEVIATION; TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 78650461800     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.006784     Document Type: Article

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