Optical chemo-sensor based on long period gratings coated with δ form syndiotactic polystyrene

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1713-1715

  Pilla, Pierluigi ^a   Iadicicco, Agostino ^a   Contessa, Luigi ^a   Campopiano, Stefania ^a   Cutolo, Antonello ^a   Giordano, Michele ^b   Guerra, Gaetano ^c   Cusano, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; Long period gratings (LPGs); Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS)

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; THIN FILMS; WATER;

LONG PERIOD GRATINGS (LPGS); SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE (SPS);

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 23844548533     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.851979     Document Type: Article

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