Towards practical liquid and gas sensing with photonic crystal fibres: Side access to the fibre microstructure and single-mode liquid-core fibre

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3075-3081

  Cordeiro, Cristiano M B ^a   De Matos, Christiano J S ^b   Dos Santos, Eliane M ^a   Bozolan, Alexandre ^b   Ong, Jackson S K ^b   Facincani, Tilon ^b   Chesini, Giancarlo ^a   Vaz, Alfredo R ^a   Brito Cruz, Carlos H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Fibre modes; Fibre sensors; Focused ion beam; Liquid core fibre; Microstructured optical fibres; Photonic crystal fibres

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

LIQUID-CORE FIBRE; MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 35248848261     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S05     Document Type: Article

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