Characterization of a fiber optic liquid refractive index sensor

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 265-271

  Mukherjee, Arunava ^a   Munsi, Debanjan ^a   Saxena, Vishal ^a   Rajput, Ramaswarup ^a   Tewari, Paramhans ^a   Singh, Vandana ^a   Ghosh, Anjan Kumar ^a   John, Joseph ^a   Wanare, Harshwardhan ^a   Gupta Bhaya, Pinaki ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Fiber optic refractive index sensor; Frustrated total internal reflection; FTIR; Liquid refractive index sensor

Indexed keywords

FRUSTRATED TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; FTIR; LIQUID REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR;

FIBERS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS;

REFRACTOMETERS;

EID: 76949085946     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2009.12.009     Document Type: Article

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