Investigation of single-mode-multimode-single-mode and single-mode-tapered- multimode-single-mode fiber structures and their application for refractive index sensing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1180-1186

  Wang, Pengfei ^a,b   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a   Ding, Ming ^a   Semenova, Yuliya ^b   Wu, Qiang ^b   Farrell, Gerald ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b DUBLIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM PROPAGATION METHOD; LIGHT REFRACTION; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ALL FIBER; CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES; FIBER DEVICES; FIBER STRUCTURES; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-LINE; MODE INTERFERENCE; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; WIDE-ANGLE BEAM PROPAGATION METHODS;

FIBERS;

EID: 79959284371     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.28.001180     Document Type: Article

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