Conventional E-glass fibre light guides: Self-sensing composite based on sol-gel cladding

Smart Materials and Structures

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-81

  Wang, L ^a   Kister, G ^a   Ralph, B ^a   Talbot, J D R ^a   Fernando, G F ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

E-GLASS FIBERS; SOL-GEL CLADDING;

CLADDING (COATING); LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL COATINGS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SOL-GELS;

GLASS FIBERS;

EID: 1342325222     PISSN: 09641726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0964-1726/13/1/009     Document Type: Article

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