Optical pressure sensors based on vertical directional coupling with flexible polymer waveguides

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 501-503

  Oh, Min Cheol ^a   Kim, Jun Whee ^a   Kim, Kyung Jo ^a   Lee, Sang Shin ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible waveguides; Integrated optics; Polymer waveguides; Pressure sensors

Indexed keywords

APPLIED PRESSURES; CHANNEL WAVEGUIDES; DIRECTIONAL COUPLINGS; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; FLEXIBLE WAVEGUIDES; OPTICAL PRESSURE SENSORS; OUTPUT INTENSITIES; PHASE-MATCHED COUPLINGS; POLYMER MATERIALS; POLYMER WAVEGUIDES; RADIATION COUPLINGS; SEPARATION DISTANCES; VERTICAL DIRECTIONS;

INTEGRATED OPTICS; LIGHT; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SENSORS; PHOTONICS; PLASMA FILLED WAVEGUIDES; PRESSURE SENSORS; PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS; WAVEGUIDE COMPONENTS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 65449121443     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2013966     Document Type: Article

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