Gas sensor based on photonic crystal fibres in the 2ν3 and ν2 + 2ν3 vibrational bands of methane

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 6261-6272

  Cubillas, Ana M ^a   Lazaro, Jose M ^a   Conde, Olga M ^a   Petrovich, Marco N ^b   Lopez Higuera, Jose M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorption spectroscopy; Fibre optic sensors; Gas detectors; Hollow core photonic bandgap fibres; Methane; Photonic crystal fibres

Indexed keywords

DETECTION LIMITS; FILLING TIME; HOLLOW-CORE; INTEGRABILITY; INTERACTION LENGTH; METHANE DETECTION; NEAR-INFRARED WAVELENGTH; VIBRATIONAL BANDS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GAS DETECTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

METHANE;

EID: 70349647886     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s90806261     Document Type: Article

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