A microfluidic refractometric sensor based on gratings in optical fibre microwires

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 20866-20871

  Xu, Fei ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^b   Lu, Yanqing ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT FIELDS; MICROFLUIDICS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

AIR HOLES; MICRO WIRE; POST PROCESSING; REFRACTOMETRIC SENSORS; THIN OPTICAL FIBER;

FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; NANOWIRE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYSIS; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROFLUIDIC ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; MICROFLUIDICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; REFRACTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70749121735     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.020866     Document Type: Article

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