Coated photonic bandgap fibres for low-index sensing applications: Cutoff analysis

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 16306-16321

  Kuhlmey, Boris T ^a   Coen, Stéphane ^b   Mahmoodian, Sahand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; GEOMETRY; HOLEY FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; REFRACTOMETERS;

ANALYTIC APPROACH; COATED INCLUSION; FLUORINATED POLYMERS; HIGH INDEX MATERIALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX CHANGES; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SENSING APPLICATIONS; WATER-BASED SOLUTIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 69949104531     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.016306     Document Type: Article

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