Research on testing the characteristics of hydrogel film by using a long-period fiber grating

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2171-2177

  Xiujuan, Yu ^a,b   Min, Zhang ^a   Paul, Childs ^a   Liwei, Wang ^a   Ming, Lei ^a   Yanbiao, Liao ^a   Jian, Ju ^c   Win, Jin ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGELS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

AT RESONANCE; BLUE SHIFT; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; HUMIDITY LEVELS; HYDROGEL FILMS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; RED SHIFT; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS;

EID: 65249151917     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002171     Document Type: Article

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