Detection of toluene dissolved in water by using PCS fibers excited by an inclined collimated beam

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 90, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 204-210

  Matejec, Vlastimil ^a   Chomát, Miroslav ^a   Berkova, Daniela ^a   Mrazek, Jan ^a   Ardeleanu, Rodinel ^b   Harabagiu, Valeria ^b   Pinteala, Marianna ^b   Simionescu, Bogdan C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHOTONICS AND ELECTRONICS   (Czech Republic)

^b PETRU PONI INSTITUTE OF MACROMOLECULAR CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Collimated beam excitation; Optical sensing; Silica fibers; Siloxane coating; Toluene in water

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FIBERS; HYDRODYNAMICS; OPTICAL SENSORS; POLYMERS; SILICONES;

COLLIMATED BEAM EXCITATION;

SILICA;

EID: 0037457429     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00029-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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