Refractive index and concentration sensing of solutions using mechanically induced long period grating pair

Optical Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2005, Pages

  Mishra, Vandana ^a   Singh, Nahar ^a   Jain, Subhash Chander ^a   Kaur, Palvinder ^a   Luthra, Ruchi ^a   Singla, Himani ^a   Jindal, V K ^b   Bajpai, R P ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS ORGANISATION   (India)

^b PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Concentration sensor; Long period grating pair; Refractive index sensor

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; RESONANCE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLUTIONS;

CONCENTRATION SENSOR; LONG PERIOD GRATING PAIR; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 33745570570     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2054627     Document Type: Article

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