High sensitivity force and pressure measurements using etched singlemode polymer fiber bragg gratings

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1794-1800

  Rajan, Ginu ^a   Liu, Bing ^a   Luo, Yanhua ^a   Ambikairajah, Eliathamby ^a   Peng, Gang Ding ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Force sensor; high sensitivity; polymer fiber bragg gratings (FBGs); pressure sensor

Indexed keywords

BIO-MEDICAL; FORCE SENSOR; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOW PRESSURES; POLYMER FIBER; POLYMER FIBER GRATINGS; SINGLE MODE;

FABRICATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBERS; FORCE MEASUREMENT; PRESSURE SENSORS;

FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS;

EID: 84876036109     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2013.2242883     Document Type: Article

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