Enhancement of evanescent fluorescence from fiber-optic sensors by thin-film sol-gel coatings

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 2163-2171

  Pin Kao, H ^a   Yang, Nancy ^a   Schoeniger, Joseph S ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; FUSED SILICA; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; EVANESCENT FLUORESCENCE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; INTERFERENCE COLOR FILTERING EFFECT; THIN FILM SOL GEL COATINGS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0032134623     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.15.002163     Document Type: Article

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