Self-repairing, interferometric waveguide sensor with a large strain range

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 28, 2012, Pages 6886-6895

  Song, Young J ^a   Peters, Kara J ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; FABRICATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; HYBRID SENSORS; INFRARED DEVICES; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REPAIR; VISIBILITY; WAVEGUIDES;

MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBERS; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; PHOTOPOLYMERIZABLE RESINS; SENSOR INTERROGATIONS; SINGLE MODE PROPAGATION; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; ULTRAVIOLET WAVELENGTH; WAVEGUIDE FABRICATION;

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EID: 84867023939     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.006886     Document Type: Article

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