An optical fibre sensor for particle concentration measurement in water systems based on inter-fibre light coupling between polymer optical fibres

Transactions of the Institute of Measurement & Control

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 413-430

  Zhang, F H ^a   Lewis, E ^b   Scully, P J ^c  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^c LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evanescent wave sensors; optical fibre sensors; particle concentration measurement; polymer optical fibres; water quality monitoring

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; MULTIMODE FIBERS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); WATER; WATER QUALITY;

EVANESCENT WAVE SENSORS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT; POLYMER OPTICAL FIBERS; WATER QUALITY MONITORING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0034500177     PISSN: 01423312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/014233120002200506     Document Type: Article

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