Highly sensitive monolithic silicon photonic crystal fiber tip sensor for simultaneous measurement of refractive index and temperature

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1367-1374

  Jung, Il Woong ^a   Park, Bryan ^b   Provine, J ^c   Howe, Roger T ^c   Solgaard, Olav ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG); fiber sensor; GOPHER process; long period fiber grating (LPFG); monolithic silicon; photonic crystal; refractive index sensing; temperature sensing

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); FIBER SENSOR; GOPHER PROCESS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; MONOLITHIC SILICON; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; TEMPERATURE SENSING;

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; LIGHT REFRACTION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 79955457580     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2126018     Document Type: Article

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