Distributed fluorescence sensing using exposed core microstructured optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 22, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 1385-1387

  Warren Smith, Stephen Christopher ^a   Sinchenko, Elena ^b   Stoddart, Paul R ^b   Monro, Tanya M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Distributed sensing; fluorescence; optical fibers

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; EVANESCENT FIELDS; EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTS; FLUORESCENCE SENSING; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; TIME DOMAIN;

FIBER OPTICS; FLUORESCENCE; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77956285642     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2010.2060185     Document Type: Article

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