Fiber optic electric field sensors using polymer-dispersed liquid crystal coatings and evanescent field interactions

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 134-139

  Tabib Azar, M ^a   Sutapun, B ^b   Srikhirin, T ^a   Lando, J ^a   Adamovsky, G ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Case Western Reserve University   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FIBER OPTICS; LIQUID CRYSTAL POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EVANESCENT FIELD INTERACTIONS; FIBER OPTIC ELECTRIC FIELD SENSORS; POLYMER DISPERSED LIQUID CRYSTAL COATINGS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0034247317     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(99)00352-0     Document Type: Article

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