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The use of fiber optic interferometry to sense ultrasonic waves

Burger et al., 1989

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Document ID
9842739059432302764
Author
Burger C
Dudderar T
Gilbert J
Smith J
Peters B
Publication year
Publication venue
ISA Transactions

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A single monomode optical fiber is used to detect acoustic waves generated in a steel specimen by a standard piezo-electric transducer. This development has implications for the development of a sophisticated noncontacting technique for the high resolution detection of …
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