Fluidic sensors based on photonic crystal fiber gratings: Impact of the ambient temperature

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2206-2208

  Florous, Nikolaos John ^a   Saitoh, Kunimasa ^a   Varsheney, Shailendra K ^a   Koshiba, Masanori ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bragg gratings; Gas sensors; Photonic crystal fiber (PCF); Sensitivity analysis; Temperature dependent Sellmeier equations; Virtual boundary method

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL SENSORS; OPTICAL DEVICES; PHONONS; REFLECTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER GRATINGS; SEMIVECTORIAL MODAL SOLVER; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SELLMEIER EQUATIONS; VIRTUAL BOUNDARY METHOD;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33750083300     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.884275     Document Type: Article

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