UV-laser assisted fabrication of Bragg sensor components in a planar polymer chip

Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical

Volumn 120, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-52

  Wochnowski, Carsten ^a   Abu El Qomsan, Mousa ^b   Pieper, Wilhelm ^c   Meteva, Krassimira ^a   Metev, Simeon ^a   Wenke, Grehard ^c   Vollertsen, Frank ^a  

^a BIAS BREMER INSTITUT FÜR ANGEWANDTE STRAHLTECHNIK GMBH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c HOCHSCHULE BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bragg sensor; Grating morphology; Phase mask method; PMMA; Polymer integrated optics; Temperature measurement; UV excimer laser

Indexed keywords

EXCIMER LASERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMETHYL METHACRYLATES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BRAGG SENSORS; GRATING MORPHOLOGY; PHASE MASK METHOD; POLYMER INTEGRATED OPTICS; UV-EXCIMER LASERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 17544365695     PISSN: 09244247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2004.11.007     Document Type: Article

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