Modeling and performance evaluation of ferrocene-based polymer clad tapered optical fiber gas sensors

Optical Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1124-1129

  Shadaram, Mehdi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Espada, Loren ^a,d,j   Martinez, Juan ^a   Garcia, Fernando ^a  

^a University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^e Electrical Engineering Department   (United States)

^f Ra Nav laboratories   (United States)

^g IEEE   (United States)

^h OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁱ Elec Engineering Department of UTEP   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

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Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; Tapered optical fibers; Variable index materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001730519     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.601710     Document Type: Article

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