Theoretical study of liquid-immersed exposed-core microstructured optical fibers for sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 9034-9045

  Warren Smith, S C ^a   Afshar V, S ^a   Monro, T M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORESCENCE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LIQUIDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CAPTURE EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX CONTRASTS; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; THEORETICAL STUDY;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; RADIATION SCATTERING; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; MINIATURIZATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SOLUTIONS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 45249092075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.009034     Document Type: Article

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