Thinned fiber Bragg gratings as high sensitivity refractive index sensor

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1149-1151

  Iadicicco, A ^a   Cusano, A ^a   Cutolo, A ^a   Bernini, R ^b   Giordano, M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical fibers; Refractive index measurements; Thinned fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HYDROFLUORIC ACID; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; WET ETCHING;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 1942468617     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2004.824972     Document Type: Article

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