Fiber bragg grating sensors in nuclear environments

Fiber Bragg Grating Sensors: Recent Advancements, Industrial Applications and Market Exploitation

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 218-237

  Berghmans, Francis ^a,b   Gusarov, Andrei ^b  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

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EID: 80052315736     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2174/978160805084011101010218     Document Type: Chapter

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