Simulation of optical microfiber loop resonators for ambient refractive index sensing

Sensors

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 689-696

  Shi, Lei ^a   Xu, Yonghao ^a   Tan, Wei ^a   Chen, Xianfeng ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber optics sensors; Optical resonators; Sub wavelength diameter optical fibers

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL RESONATORS; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONATORS;

FIBER OPTICS SENSORS; MICROFIBER LOOP RESONATORS; OPTICAL FIBER REFRACTIVE INDICES; OPTICAL MICROFIBER LOOP RESONATORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TRANSMISSION COEFFICIENTS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 34249912949     PISSN: 14243210     EISSN: 14248220     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s7050689     Document Type: Article

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