Long-period gratings in optical fibres for chemical sensor applications

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 2221-2228

  Peshko, Igor ^a   Cherry, Owen ^b   Rutkevich, Tim ^a   Hockley, Bernard ^a   Rubtsov, Vladimir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c Intelligent Optical Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibre chemical sensor; Long period gratings; Optical fibre devices

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; GASES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIBRE CHEMICAL SENSOR; LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL-FIBRE DEVICES;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL FIBER; SENSOR;

EID: 27344451083     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 09570233     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/16/11/013     Document Type: Article

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