Optical detection of toluene in water using an IGI optical fiber with a short sensing region

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 258-267

  Chomat, Miroslav ^a   Berkova, Daniela ^a   Matejec, Vlastimil ^a   Kasik, Ivan ^a   Kuncova, Gabriela ^a   Hayer, Milos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aqueous toluene solution; Evanescent wave sensing; Inverted parabolic index fibers

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOLUTIONS; TOLUENE;

INVERTED PARABOLIC INDEX FIBERS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0037058579     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(02)00245-9     Document Type: Article

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