Characterization of flexible copolymer optical fibers for force sensing applications

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 11956-11968

  Krehel, Marek ^a,b   Rossi, René M ^a   Bona, Gian Luca ^a,b   Scherer, Lukas J ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Flexible light guide; Force sensor; Optical fibres; Sensitive force sensor

Indexed keywords

COPOLYMERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSORS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILES;

COMPUTING SYSTEM; COPOLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; FORCE SENSOR; LIGHT GUIDES; MEDICAL TEXTILES; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBRE; WAVEGUIDING PROPERTIES; WEARABLE SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 84883871716     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130911956     Document Type: Article

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