Highly sensitive sensors based on photonic crystal fiber modal interferometers

Journal of Sensors

Volumn 2009, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Villatoro, Joel ^a   Finazzi, Vittoria ^a   Badenes, Gonal ^a   Pruneri, Valerio ^a,b  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL FIBER; MODAL INTERFEROMETERS; POST-PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SENSING APPLICATIONS; SENSITIVE SENSORS; THERMAL SENSITIVITY;

OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INTERFEROMETERS;

EID: 68949144705     PISSN: 1687725X     EISSN: 16877268     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2009/747803     Document Type: Article

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