Gas sensing using air-guiding photonic bandgap fibers

Optics Express

Volumn 12, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 4080-4087

  Ritari, T ^a   Tuominen, J ^a   Ludvigsen, H ^a   Petersen, J C ^b   Sorensen T ^c   Hansen, T P ^c,d   Simonsen, H R ^c  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b DANISH FUNDAMENTAL METROLOGY   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d NKT PHOTONICS A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLENE; AMMONIA; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGEN INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; LIGHT SOURCES; METHANE; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHOTONS;

BANDGAP FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURE DEVICES; TUNABLE LASERS; VACUUM CHAMBER;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 4644353564     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.12.004080     Document Type: Article

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