New optical sensor for volatile organic compounds (VOC) using birefringent porous glass

Proceedings of IEEE Sensors

Volumn 3, Issue , 2004, Pages 1293-1296

  Pinet, E ^a   Vachon Savary, M ^a   Dube S ^a  

^a FISO Technologies Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Capillary condensation; Chemical sensor; Microporous silica structure; Optical anisotropy; Phase shift

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; BIREFRINGENCE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CONDENSATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MICROPOROSITY; OPTICAL GLASS; PHASE SHIFT; SILICA; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; MICROPOROUS SILICA STRUCTURES; OPTICAL ANISOTROPY;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 27944510254     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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