Highly sensitive and simple method for refractive index sensing of liquids in microstructured optical fibers using four-wave mixing

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 10471-10484

  Frosz, Michael H ^a   Stefani, Alessio ^a   Bang, Ole ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SILICA;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOSENSING; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FIBER-OPTICAL; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LIQUID REFRACTIVE INDEX; LIQUID SAMPLE; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; NANOSECOND PULSE; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; SIMPLE METHOD; SPECTRAL SHIFT;

FOUR WAVE MIXING;

GLASS FIBER; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GENETIC PROCEDURES; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MATERIALS TESTING; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS; WATER;

EID: 79957625419     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.010471     Document Type: Article

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