Design and characteristics of refractive index sensor based on thinned and microstructure fiber Bragg grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 504-511

  Huang, Xue Feng ^a   Chen, Zhe Min ^b   Shao, Li Yang ^b   Cen, Ke Fa ^a   Sheng, De Ren ^b   Chen, Jun ^b   Zhou, Hao ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

DOWN PEAK WAVELENGTH; OPTICAL INTENSITY; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FLOW INJECTION ANALYSIS; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 41449101705     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.000504     Document Type: Article

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