Effect of coating on the strain transfer of optical fiber sensors

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 6926-6941

  Her, Shiuh Chuan ^a   Huang, Chih Ying ^a  

^a YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bonded length; Mach Zehnder interferometer; Optical fiber strain sensor; Strain transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960819330     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110706926     Document Type: Article

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