Zeolite thin film-coated long period fiber grating sensor for measuring trace chemical

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 8317-8323

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Tang, Xiling ^a   Dong, Junhang ^a   Wei, Tao ^b   Xiao, Hai ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b Missouri University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CRYSTALLIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS; ZEOLITES;

ANALYTE MOLECULES; RESONANT WAVELENGTH; TRACE CHEMICALS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; ZEOLITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; REFRACTOMETRY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; GASES; MICROCHEMISTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS; ZEOLITES;

EID: 44649202760     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.008317     Document Type: Article

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