Fiber optic long period grating sensors with a nanoassembled mesoporous film of SiO2 nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 13227-13238

  Korposh, Sergiy ^a   James, Stephen W ^b   Lee, Seung Woo ^a   Topliss, Stephen ^b   Cheung, Sammy C ^b   Batty, William J ^b   Tatam, Ralph P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KITAKYUSHU   (Japan)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PORPHYRINS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

AMMONIUM CHLORIDE; ANALYTES; CHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; CHEMICAL SPECIES; CLADDING MODES; CONCENTRATION OF; CONCOMITANT EFFECTS; DUAL RESONANCE; FIBER SENSOR; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; MESOPOROUS FILMS; OPTICAL THICKNESS; PORPHINE; RESPONSE TIME; SENSOR FILMS; SULFOPHENYL; TETRAKIS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

OPTICAL FILMS;

EID: 77953571336     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.013227     Document Type: Article

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