Fiber-optic temperature sensor based on interaction of temperature- dependent refractive index and absorption of germanium film

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 231-236

  Li, Min ^a   Li, Yulin ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan Bortel Oil Science and Technology Limited Company   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATED MATERIALS; FIBER OPTICS; GERMANIUM; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FIBER OPTIC TEMPERATURE SENSOR; REFLECTIVITY CHANGES; SIGNAL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; TEMPERATURE REGIMES; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT REFRACTIVE INDICES;

TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

EID: 78651352097     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.000231     Document Type: Article

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