Bragg grating evanescent field sensor made in biconical tapered fiber with femtosecond IR radiation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-162

  Grobnic, Dan ^b   Mihailov, Stephen J ^a,b   Ding, Huimin ^b   Smelser, Christopher W ^b  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b Industry Canada   (Canada)

Author keywords

Evanescent field; Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Fiber sensors; Fiber tapers; Ultrafast optics

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELD; FIBER TAPERS; ULTRAFAST OPTICS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; INFRARED RADIATION; LASER CLADDING; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 33846256469     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.860372     Document Type: Article

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