Photonic incremental pressure sensor based on optical feedback in a polymer embedded VCSEL

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 2012, Pages 1151-1153

  Van Hoe, Bram ^a,b   Bosman, Erwin ^a,b   Missinne, Jeroen ^a,b   Kalathimekkad, Sandeep ^a,b   Melpignano, Giuseppe ^a,b   De Geyter, Tom ^c   Godier, Greetje ^c   Van Daele, Peter ^a,b   Van Steenberge, Geert ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c SIM Vzw   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Integration; optical feedback; polymer embedding; pressure sensing; self mixing interferometry; tactile sensing; vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL)

Indexed keywords

POLYMER EMBEDDING; PRESSURE SENSING; SELF MIXING INTERFEROMETRY; TACTILE SENSING; VERTICAL-CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER;

INTEGRATION; INTERFEROMETRY; MIXING; OPTICAL FEEDBACK; POLYMERS; PRESSURE SENSORS; SILICONES; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS; TRANSDUCERS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 84861928246     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2197678     Document Type: Article

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