Exposed-core microstructured optical fibers for real-time fluorescence sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 18533-18542

  Warren Smith, Stephen C ^a   Ebendorff Heidepriem, Heike ^a   Foo, Tze Cheung ^a   Moore, Roger ^a   Davis, Ciaire ^b   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; EVANESCENT FIELD SENSOR; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FIELD INTERACTIONS; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; PARTIALLY EXPOSED;

FIBERS;

EID: 70350303988     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.018533     Document Type: Article

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