Multiplexed Oil Level Meter Using a Thin Core Fiber Cladding Mode Exciter

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 2215-2218

  Chen, Zhen ^a   Hefferman, Gerald ^a,b   Wei, Tao ^a  

^a The University of Rhode Island   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

interferometry; optical fiber sensor

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS;

ABSOLUTE POSITION; CLADDING MODES; EXTERNAL REFRACTIVE INDICES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MEASUREMENT POSITIONS; SYSTEM ACCURACY; SYSTEM LEVELS; THIN-CORE FIBERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84957810603     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2015.2457295     Document Type: Article

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