An evanescent-coupling plastic optical fibre refractometer and absorptionmeter based on surface light scattering

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 101, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 69-76

  Ribeiro, Ricardo M ^a   Canedo, Joa̧o L P ^a   Werneck, Marcelo M ^a   Kawase, Liliana R ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Absorptionmeter; Evanescent coupling; Fibre optic sensor; Plastic optical fibre; Refractometer; Surface light scattering

Indexed keywords

LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; PHOTODIODES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ABSORPTION METER; EVANESCENT COUPLING; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBER; SIDE POLISHING TECHNIQUE; SURFACE LIGHT SCATTERING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0037201861     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-4247(02)00185-1     Document Type: Article

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