The preparation of optical fibre nanoprobe and its application in spectral detection

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1025-1029

  Ren, Hongliang ^a   Jiang, Chun ^a   Hu, Weisheng ^a   Gao, Mingyi ^a   Wang, Jingyuan ^a   Wang, Hui ^b   He, Jintian ^c   Liang, Erjun ^c  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGDONG OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Melt stretched etching; Optical fibre nanoprobe; SNOM

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; FLUORESCENCE; MICROMETERS; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MELT-STRETCHED ETCHING; OPTICAL FIBER NANOPROBE;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 33845214495     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2006.04.012     Document Type: Article

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