Refractive index sensor based on measuring the transmission power of tilted fiber Bragg grating

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 233-236

  Miao, Yin ping ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Zhao, Qi da ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Optical fiber sensing; Refractive index sensor; Tilted fiber Bragg grating; Transmission power

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL STABILITY; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETERS;

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICALS; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSING; PRACTICAL METHOD; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SURROUNDING REFRACTIVE INDICES (SRI); TILTED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; TRANSMISSION POWER;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 63749115833     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2008.11.002     Document Type: Article

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