Refractive index sensing in an all-solid twin-core photonic bandgap fiber

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1192-1199

  Yuan, Wu ^a   Town, Graham E ^b   Bang, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Directional coupler; Fiber sensor; Photonic bandgap fiber; Refractive index sensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; BAND GAPS; COUPLING COEFFICIENT; DYNAMIC RANGE; FIBER SENSOR; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; MICROFLUIDIC CHANNEL; PHASE MATCHING CONDITIONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSOR; SINGLE HOLE;

DIRECTIONAL COUPLERS; ENERGY GAP; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SPONTANEOUS EMISSION;

PHOTONIC BANDGAP FIBERS;

EID: 77952726766     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2040174     Document Type: Article

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