Fiber-optic temperature sensor using evanescent fields in D fibers

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 2706-2708

  Chandani, Sameer M ^a   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D fiber; Evanescent field sensor; Optical fiber sensor; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; INSERTION LOSSES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

D FIBER; EVANESCENT FIELD SENSOR; FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR; IMMERSION OILS; TEMPERATURE SENSOR; THERMOOPTIC COEFFICIENT;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 29244474057     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.859128     Document Type: Article

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