Fiber-optic chemical sensor using polyaniline as modified cladding material

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 5-12

  Yuan, Jianming ^a   El Sherif, Mahmoud A ^b  

^a Photonics Laboratories Inc   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Fiber optic chemical sensor; Modification methodology of fiber cladding; Sensor technology

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; CLADDING (COATING); ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FLUORESCENCE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VISCOSITY;

CONDUCTING POLYMER; FIBRE-OPTIC CHEMICAL SENSOR; MODIFICATION METHODOLOGY OF FIBRE CLADDING; SENSOR TECHNOLOGY;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

EID: 2942554800     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.809023     Document Type: Article

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