All fiber-optic sensing of light using side-polished fiber overlaid with photoresponsive liquid crystals

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 423-427

  Fu, Wei Huan ^a   Hsiao, Vincent K S ^a   Tang, Jie Yuan ^b   Wu, Ming Hung ^a   Chen, Zhe ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber optic light sensor; Photoisomerization; Photoresponsive liquid crystal; side polished fiber

Indexed keywords

ALL FIBER; CHIRAL DOPANT; CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT; DETECTION LIMITS; FIBER-OPTIC SENSING; HARSH ENVIRONMENT; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; ILLUMINATION SOURCES; IN-LINE; IN-SITU; LASER SIGNALS; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; LIGHT SENSING; LIGHT SENSOR; MERCURY LAMPS; NEMATIC LC; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL; PHOTORESPONSIVE LIQUID CRYSTALS; SHORT WAVELENGTHS; SIDE-POLISHED FIBER;

FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LIGHT SOURCES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MERCURY (METAL); PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 79957834917     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.04.073     Document Type: Article

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