A high sensitivity fiber optic macro-bend based gas flow rate transducer for low flow rates: Theory, working principle, and static calibration

Review of Scientific Instruments

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Schena, Emiliano ^a   Saccomandi, Paola ^a   Silvestri, Sergio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALOG ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT; DISCRIMINATION THRESHOLDS; LIGHT SPOT POSITION; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MEASURING SYSTEMS; POSITION-SENSITIVE DETECTORS; STATIC CALIBRATION; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

CALIBRATION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCERS;

FLOW RATE;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; HYDRODYNAMICS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; TRANSDUCER;

CALIBRATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASES; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84874912220     PISSN: 00346748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4793227     Document Type: Conference Paper

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