Development of an extrinsic optical fibre temperature sensor for monitoring liquid temperature in harsh industrial environments

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2005, Pages

  McSherry, Mary ^a   Fitzpatrick, Colin ^a   Lewis, Elfed ^a   Wylie, Steve ^b   Wright, Colin ^b   Al Shamma'A, Ahmed ^b   Lucas, Jim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Luminescent coating; Optical fibre sensor; Phosphors; Temperature sensor; Thermal quenching

Indexed keywords

FREE ELECTRON LASERS; INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOSPHORS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUENCHING; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES;

LUMINESCENT COATING; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS; THERMAL QUENCHING;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 18744383326     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/7/6/012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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