Profile optimization of tapered waveguide sensors by fluorescence imaging

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5589, Issue , 2004, Pages 70-77

  Chen, Guoying ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Evanescent field; Fluorescence; Imaging; Optimization; Profile; Sensor; Taper; Time resolved luminescence; Waveguide

Indexed keywords

CLADDING (COATING); FLUORESCENCE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LUMINESCENCE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; OPTIMIZATION; PROFILOMETRY; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

EVANESCENT FIELD; PROFILE; TAPER; TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 16644370174     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.570531     Document Type: Conference Paper

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