Temperature-insensitive and intensity-modulated embedded photonic-crystal-fiber modal-interferometer-based microdisplacement sensor

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2332-2336

  Dong, Bo ^a   Hao, Emily Jianzhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; LIGHT EXTINCTION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; SENSORS;

DYNAMIC MEASUREMENT; EXTINCTION RATIOS; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; MICRODISPLACEMENT; MICRODISPLACEMENT SENSOR; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; TEMPERATURE-INSENSITIVE;

CARBON FIBERS;

EID: 80053463822     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.002332     Document Type: Article

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