Miniature refractometer based on modal interference in a hollow-core photonic crystal fiber with collapsed splicing

Journal of Biomedical Optics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Gong, Huaping ^a   Chan, Chi Chiu ^b   Zhang, Yi Fan ^b   Wong, Wei Chang ^b   Dong, Xinyong ^a  

^a CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

collapsed splicing; modal interference; photonic crystal fiber; refractometer

Indexed keywords

AIR HOLES; COLLAPSED SPLICING; DISCHARGE ARC; HOLLOW CORE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBER; MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION; MODAL INTERFERENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS; TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS;

CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBERS; HOLEY FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTON; POROSITY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; MINIATURIZATION; PHOTONS; POROSITY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 79955975443     PISSN: 10833668     EISSN: 15602281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3527259     Document Type: Article

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