Hydrostatic pressure sensing with high birefringence photonic crystal fibers

Sensors

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 9698-9711

  Fávero, Fernando C ^a   Quintero, Sully M M ^a   Martelli, Cicero ^a,b   Braga, Arthur M B ^a   Silva, Vinícius V ^a   Carvalho, Isabel C S ^a   Llerena, Roberth W A ^a   Valente, Luiz C G ^a  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Air silica structured fiber; High birefringence; Hydrostatic pressure sensing; Microstructured fiber; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

HIGH BIREFRINGENCE; HIGH BIREFRINGENCE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; MODAL INTERFEROMETERS; MODAL SENSITIVITIES; ORTHOGONALLY POLARIZED MODES; STRUCTURED FIBERS; WAVEGUIDING PROPERTIES;

BIREFRINGENCE; FIBERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PRESSURE SENSORS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PRESSURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

CRYSTALLIZATION; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; PRESSURE;

EID: 78249235308     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s101109698     Document Type: Article

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