Demountable connection for polymer optical fiber grating sensors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Abang, Ada ^a   Webb, David J ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Microstructured polymer optical fiber; Poly(methyl methacrylate); Polymer connector; Polymer optical fiber

Indexed keywords

GRATING SENSOR; MICROSTRUCTURED POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER GRATING SENSORS; REAL-WORLD; SILICA FIBERS;

ESTERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84877110217     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.OE.51.8.080503     Document Type: Article

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