Optimization of fiber-optic evanescent wave spectroscopy: A Monte Carlo approach

Applied Spectroscopy

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1057-1061

  Mann, M P ^a   Mark, S ^a   Raichlin, Y ^b   Katzir, A ^c   Mordechai, S ^d  

^a SAMI SHAMOON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING   (Israel)

^b ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Evanescent field; Fiber optics; Monte Carlo simulation

Indexed keywords

ABSORBANCES; COMPLEX GEOMETRIES; EVANESCENT FIELDS; EVANESCENT WAVE; FIBER-OPTIC EVANESCENT WAVE SPECTROSCOPY; MONTE CARLO APPROACH; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; POWER DISTRIBUTIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; FIBERS; INFRARED RADIATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICS; OPTIMIZATION;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 79959811496     PISSN: 00037028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1366/000370209789379349     Document Type: Article

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