Photonic liquid crystal fibers for sensing applications

IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement

Volumn 57, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1796-1802

  Wolinski, Tomasz R ^a   Czapla, Aleksandra ^a,b   Ertman, Sawomir ^a   Tefelska, Marzena ^a   Domanski, Andrzej W ^a   Wojcik, Jan ^c,d   Nowinowski Kruszelnicki, Edward ^d   Dabrowski, Roman ^d  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^c MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d MILITARY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Liquid crystals (LCs); Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber measurement applications; Optical fibers; Sensors

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY GAP; FIBERS; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS; POWDERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIQUID CRYSTAL FIBERS; MEASURAND; MEDIUM MATERIAL; PHOTONIC; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS (PCFS); PHOTONIC-BAND-GAP (PBG); PROPAGATION PROPERTIES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 48749112834     PISSN: 00189456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIM.2008.922077     Document Type: Article

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