Development of a highly sensitive compact sized optical fiber current sensor

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 17096-17105

  Watekar, Pramod R ^a   Ju, Seongmin ^a   Kim, Su Ah ^a   Jeong, Seongmook ^a   Kim, Youngwoong ^a   Han, Won Taek ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; COMPACT SIZE; CURRENT SENSORS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; OPTICAL FIBER CURRENT SENSORS; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; VISIBLE BAND;

SENSORS;

GLASS FIBER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; METHODOLOGY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBERS; QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 77955597022     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.017096     Document Type: Article

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