Tapered fibre LPG device as a sensing element for refractive index

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5855 PART I, Issue , 2005, Pages 443-446

  Allsop, T ^a   Floreani, F ^a   Jedrzejewski, K P ^b   Romero, R ^c   Marques, P V S ^c   Webb, D J ^a   Bennion, I ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

LONG PERIOD GRATING; SENSING ELEMENTS; SPECTRAL BIFURCATION EFFECT;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 28544443527     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.623700     Document Type: Conference Paper

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