Pressure sensing using periodically tapered long-period gratings written in photonic crystal fibres

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 3098-3102

  Bock, W J ^a   Chen, J ^a   Mikulic, P ^a   Eftimov, T ^b   Korwin Pawlowski, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Grating; Photonic crystal fibres; Pressure

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PRESSURE EFFECTS; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 36748998887     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/18/10/S08     Document Type: Article

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