Modeling the response of a long-period fiber grating to ambient refractive index change in chemical sensing applications

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 1986-1992

  Hochreiner, Hannes ^a   Cada, Michael ^a   Wentzell, Peter D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coupled mode theory; Long period gratings; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

CHEMICAL SENSING APPLICATIONS; COUPLED MODE THEORY; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDES; LINEARLY POLARIZED MODES; LONG-PERIOD FIBER GRATING; LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS; MODE APPROACH; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRUM; WIDE WAVELENGTH;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 52149084594     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.912022     Document Type: Article

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