Perfluorinated plastic optical fiber tapers for evanescent wave sensing

Sensors

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 10423-10433

  Gravina, Roberto ^a   Testa, Genni ^a   Bernini, Romeo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Evanescent sensor; Fiber taper; Plastic optical fiber

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCE MEASUREMENTS; COLLECTION MEASUREMENTS; EVANESCENT SENSORS; EVANESCENT WAVE SENSING; FIBER TAPER; LOW REFRACTIVE INDEX; OPTICAL FIBER TAPERS; PERFLUORINATED POLYMERS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; PLASTIC OPTICAL FIBERS; WAVE POWER;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 77950292096     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s91210423     Document Type: Article

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