Optical fiber refractometers based on lossy mode resonances supported by TiO2 coatings

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3980-3985

  Hernáez, Miguel ^a   Villar, Ignacio Del ^a   Zamarreño, Carlos R ^a   Arregui, Francisco J ^a   Matias, Ignacio R ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EXTERNAL REFRACTIVE INDICES; FIBER REFRACTOMETER; INFRARED REGIONS; LAYER-BY-LAYER METHODS; LOSSY MODE RESONANCES; MULTIMODE OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

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EID: 77955892249     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003980     Document Type: Article

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