Experimental investigation of a surface plasmon-based integrated-optic humidity sensor

Electronics Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 842-843

  Weiss, M N ^a   Srivastava, R ^a   Groger, H ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Amer Res Corporation of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

Humidity sensors; Integrated optics; Optical sensors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

PLASMON RESONANCE WAVELENGTH; SURFACE PLASMON BASED INTEGRATED OPTIC HUMIDITY SENSOR;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0030124579     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19960520     Document Type: Article

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