Supported microfiber loops for optical sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 14429-14434

  Guo, Xin ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REFRACTOMETERS;

BROAD SPECTRAL; CRITICAL COUPLING; HIGH SENSITIVITY; LOOP STRUCTURE; MICRO-FIBER; OPTICAL SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; LIGHT; MINIATURIZATION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 51849150442     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.014429     Document Type: Article

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