Temperature sensitivity of Bragg gratings in PMMA and TOPAS microstructured polymer optical fibres

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6990, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Webb, David J ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^b   Zhang, Chi ^a   Komodromos, Michael ^c   Argyrose, Alex ^d   Large, Maryanne ^d   Emiliyanov, Grigoriy ^e   Bang, Ole ^e   Kjaer, Erik ^e  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^c FREDERICK RESEARCH CENTER   (Cyprus)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bio sensing; Fibre Bragg gratings; PMMA; Polymer optical fibre; Temperature response; TOPAS

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER NETWORKS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FABRICATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; GLASS TRANSITION; HELIUM; IRIDIUM; LASER PULSES; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MOLECULES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTORESISTS; POLYMERS; POWDERS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SURFACE TREATMENT; TECHNOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

(1 1 0) SURFACE; (OTDR) TECHNOLOGY; (PL) PROPERTIES; BIO-MOLECULES; BIO-SENSING; GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE (TG); HE-CD LASERS; LABEL FREE; MOISTURE ABSORPTIONS; NEAR-IR; NON-LINEAR; OPERATIONAL USE; OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); PHASE MASKS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); ROOM-TEMPERATURE (RT); SENSING MOLECULES; SPATIAL LOCATIONS; TEMPERATURE RESPONSES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITIES;

FIBERS;

EID: 45149086597     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.781019     Document Type: Conference Paper

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