Coated long-period fiber gratings as high-sensitivity optochemical sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1776-1786

  Cusano, Andrea ^a   Iadicicco, Agostino ^a   Pilla, Pierluigi ^a   Contessa, Luigi ^a   Campopiano, Stefania ^a   Cutolo, Antonello ^a   Giordano, Michele ^b   Guerra, Gaetano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemical sensors; Long period fiber gratings (LPFGs); Refractive index sensors; Syndiotactic polystyrene (sPS)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SENSORS; CLADDING (COATING); OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SORPTION;

LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATINGS (LPFGS); OPTOCHEMICAL SENSOR; REFRACTIVE-INDEX SENSORS; SYNDIOTACTIC POLYSTYRENE (SPS);

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33645837839     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2006.871128     Document Type: Article

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