Flexible shear sensor based on embedded optoelectronic components

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 771-773

  Missinne, Jeroen ^a,b   Bosman, Erwin ^a,b   Van Hoe, Bram ^a,b   Van Steenberge, Geert ^a,b   Kalathimekkad, Sandeep ^a,b   Van Daele, Peter ^a,b   Vanfleteren, Jan ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Flexible; optical; shear sensing; tactile sensing

Indexed keywords

CURVED SURFACES; FLEXIBLE; FLEXIBLE SENSOR; IN-SITU; MEDICAL FIELDS; MOVING BODY; OPTICAL; OPTICAL POWER; OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; POLYMER FOIL; SENSOR STACK; SENSOR TRANSDUCER; SHEAR SENSING; SHEAR SENSOR; TACTILE SENSING; TRANSDUCER LAYERS; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

DEFORMATION; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSDUCERS;

SENSORS;

EID: 79957524144     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2134844     Document Type: Article

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