Demonstration of etched cladding fiber Bragg grating-based sensors with hydrogel coating

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 468-472

  Liu, Xiaomei ^a   Zhang, Xianmin ^a   Cong, Jun ^a   Xu, Jian ^b   Chen, Kangsheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber sensor; Hydrogel

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); ETCHING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; HYDROGELS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SWELLING;

TENSION TUNING FORCE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0242410909     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(03)00605-1     Document Type: Article

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