Long period grating refractive-index sensor: Optimal design for single wavelength interrogation

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 31, 2009, Pages

  Kapoor, Amita ^a,c   Sharma, Enakshi K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; REFRACTOMETERS;

DESIGN CRITERIA; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; MEASUREMENT PARAMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; SINGLE WAVELENGTH; SUGAR SOLUTIONS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 70449636004     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.000G88     Document Type: Article

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