Investigation of fiber-optic evanescent-wave sensors for detection of liquid hydrocarbons

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 51, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 152-158

  Tobiška, Petr ^a   Chomát, Miroslav ^a   Matějec, Vlastimil ^a   Berková, Daniela ^a   Hüttel, Ivan ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Detection; Evanescent field; Hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

HYDROCARBONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICONES; SPECTROSCOPY;

DETECTION SENSITIVITY; EVANESCENT FIELD; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE COATED SILICA FIBERS; SELECTIVE EXCITATION;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032130946     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(98)00173-7     Document Type: Article

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