Optical refractive-index sensor based on dual fiber-Bragg gratings interposed with a multimode-fiber taper

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 30-32

  Shao, Li Yang ^a   Zhang, A Ping ^a   Liu, Wei Sheng ^a   Fu, Hong Yan ^a   He, Sailing ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating (FBG); Fiber optic sensor; Multimode fiber taper (MFT); Refractive index (RI) measurement

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

MULTIMODE FIBER TAPER (MFT); REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE-INDEX (RI) MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33846052614     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.889010     Document Type: Article

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