Kramers-Kronig analysis of molecular evanescent-wave absorption spectra obtained by multimode step-index optical fibers

Applied Optics

Volumn 35, Issue 21, 1996, Pages 4102-4111

  Potyrailo, Radislav A ^a   Ruddy, Vincent P ^b   Hieftje, Gary M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Evanescent wave; Fiber optic sensors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000810253     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.35.004102     Document Type: Article

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