Optical fiber-based liquid level sensor

Optical Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Chandani, Sameer M ^a   Jaeger, Nicolas A F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

D fibers; Fiber optic sensors; Liquid level

Indexed keywords

ETCHING; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SILICA;

LIQUID LEVELS; SENSOR RESPONSE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 36749023897     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2801506     Document Type: Article

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