Optical fiber cavity ring down measurement of refractive index with a microchannel drilled by femtosecond laser

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 1653-1655

  Zhou, Kaiming ^a   Webb, David J ^a   Mou, Chengbo ^a   Farries, Mark ^b   Hayes, Neil ^c   Bennion, Bennion ^a  

^a ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Gooch and Housego Torquay Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c Evanesco Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cavity ring down; Femtosecond laser; Micromachining; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

CAVITY RING DOWN; CAVITY RING DOWN SPECTROSCOPIES; FEMTOSECOND LASER; FIBER LOOPS; OPTICAL FIBER CAVITY; RING CAVITIES; RING DOWN TIME;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; GELATION; GELS; LASERS; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROCHANNELS; MICROMACHINING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

FIBERS;

EID: 70350741417     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2031244     Document Type: Article

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