Investigation and application of the Frustrated-Total-Internal-Reflection phenomenon in optical fibers

All-fiber optical sensors have established themselves in the market for a decade. Among different categories of these sensors is the intensity-based type whose advantages make it suitable for many practical applications. Frustrated Total Internal Reflection (FTIR) is a phenomenon that shows a great...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rahnavardy, Kambiz
Other Authors: Electrical Engineering
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/45462
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-11072008-063335/