Quasi-distributed fibre-optic chemical sensing using telecom optical fibre

Electronics Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 618-619

  Murphy, V ^a   MacCraith, B D ^a   Butler, T ^a   McDonagh, C ^a   Lawless, B ^a  

^a DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; Fibre optic sensors

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CAVITY RESONATORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL FIBER COUPLING; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA; SOL-GELS;

GRADED INDEX FIBERS; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OTDR);

FIBER OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0031101137     PISSN: 00135194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/el:19970392     Document Type: Article

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