Microstructured fibres for sensing applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6005, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Petrovich, M N ^a   Van Brakef, A ^a   Poletti, F ^a   Mukasa, K ^a,c   Austin, E ^a   Finazzi, V ^a   Petropoulos, P ^a   O'Driscoll, E ^d   Watson, M ^d   DelMonte, T ^d   Monro, T M ^b   Dakin, J P ^a   Richardson, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO LTD   (Japan)

^d BAE SYSTEMS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Band gap; Fibre; Fibre sensing; Holey; Microstructured; Mid infrared; Photonic crystal

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

BAND-GAP; FIBRE SENSING; HOLEY; MICROSTRUCTURED; MID-INFRARED; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33644648490     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.631617     Document Type: Conference Paper

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