All-fiber curvature sensor based on multimode interference

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 679-681

  Gong, Yuan ^a   Zhao, Tian ^a   Rao, Yun Jiang ^a   Wu, Yu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Curvature; fiber optic sensors; multimode interference

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; CURVATURE; CURVATURE SENSOR; FIBER STRUCTURES; HIGH SENSITIVITY MEASUREMENT; INTENSITY CHANGE; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODE INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; SIMULTANEOUS MEASUREMENT; TRANSMITTED SPECTRA; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 79955863298     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2123086     Document Type: Article

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