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Progress in optical fiber interferometry

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Optical Fiber Sensor Technology

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The implementation of many of the classic interferometers in an all fiber format has revitalized the field of interferometry; this has produced newtypes of interferometer such as the ring resonator which can be operated as an extremely high resolution optical spectrum analyzers, novel based fiber components and an entirely new generation of sensors offering many important measurement opportunities.

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Jackson, D.A. (1998). Progress in optical fiber interferometry. In: Grattan, K.T.V., Meggitt, B.T. (eds) Optical Fiber Sensor Technology. Optoelectronics, Imaging and Sensing, vol 2. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-5787-6_5

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