Mid-infrared gas sensing using a photonic bandgap fiber

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1269-1277

  Gayraud, Nicolas ^a   Komaszewski, Łukasz W ^a   Stone, James M ^b   Knight, Jonathan ^b   Reid, Derryck T ^a   Hand, Duncan P ^a   MacPherson, William N ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; METHANE; OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

ABSORPTION LINES; FEMTOSECOND OPTICAL PARAMETRIC OSCILLATORS; GAS FILLING; HOLLOW CORE-PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; IDLER PULSE; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE SENSING; TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENTS;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 49249084255     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.001269     Document Type: Article

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