Mach-Zehnder photonic crystal interferometer in cavity ring-down loop for curvature measurement

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 795-797

  Wong, Wei Chang ^a   Chan, Chi Chiu ^a   Gong, Huaping ^b   Leong, Kam Chew ^c  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GLOBALFOUNDRIES SINGAPORE PTE LTD   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cavity ring down; curvature; mechanical sensors; optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; CAVITY RING-DOWN; CORRELATION VALUE; CURVATURE; CURVATURE MEASUREMENT; CURVATURE SENSOR; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW SENSITIVITY; MACH-ZEHNDER; MECHANICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; STANDARD ERRORS;

COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 79957653787     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2132796     Document Type: Article

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