Surface plasmon sensing of gas phase contaminants using a single-ended multiregion optical fiber

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1360-1367

  Pfeifer, Kent B ^a   Thornberg, Steven M ^a  

^a SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Gas sensing; Optical fiber sensor; Surface plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL SYSTEMS; FROST POINT; GAS SENSING; GASPHASE; MODELING STUDIES; MULTIPLE SENSORS; PERIODIC MONITORING; SENSOR PROBES; SINGLE FIBER; SINGLE SENSOR; SINGLE-ENDED; STATE OF HEALTH; SURFACE PLASMONS;

ABILITY TESTING; CHEMICAL DETECTION; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GAS DETECTORS; GASES; IMPURITIES; MONITORING; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PLASMONS; SENSORS;

SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 77952913103     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2010.2043838     Document Type: Article

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