An Optical Fiber Hydrophone Using Equivalent Phase Shift Fiber Bragg Grating for Underwater Acoustic Measurement

Shengye HUANG; Xiaofeng JIN; Jun ZHANG; Yi CHEN; Yuebin WANG; Zhijun ZHOU; Juan NI

doi:10.1007/s13320-011-0023-6

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