Evanescent wave fiber optic fluorosensor: Effect of tapering configuration on the signal acquisition

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 220-228

  Nath, Nidhi ^a   Anand, Sneh ^a,b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^b Punjab University   (India)

Author keywords

Evanescent wave; Fiber optic immunosensor; Tapered fibers

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001356224     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601709     Document Type: Article

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