Revolutionizing the design of an evanescent-wave-based fiber-optic fluorometer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7004, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jianjun, Ma ^a   Bock, Wojtek J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemical sensor; Evanescent wave; Fiber optic sensors; Fluorescence and luminescence; Multimode fiber

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DETECTORS; FIBER OPTICS; FLUOROMETERS; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; LIGHTING; MULTITASKING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; SENSORS; WAVE FILTERS; WAVES;

ASPUN (AS) FIBER; DETECTION SYSTEMS; DETECTOR ASSEMBLY; FIBER CORES; FLUORESCENT EMISSIONS; IDENTICAL CONDITIONS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LIGHT LEVELS; OPTICAL FIBRE SENSORS; POWER LEVELING; SIGNAL RECOVERY; SINGLE DROPLET;

FIBERS;

EID: 45549086874     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.783024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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