Flow cell for strain- and temperature-compensated refractive index measurements by means of cascaded optical fibre long period and Bragg gratings

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Trono, C ^a   Baldini, F ^a   Brenci, M ^a   Chiavaioli, F ^b   Mugnaini, M ^b  

^a IFAC CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

fibre Bragg gratings; fibre grating sensors; flow cell; long period fibre gratings; Refractive index measurements

Indexed keywords

BRAGG GRATINGS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DATA HANDLING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTOMETERS;

CASCADED LONG-PERIOD GRATING; FIBRE GRATINGS; FLOW CELLS; LONG-PERIOD FIBRE GRATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; REFRACTOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATED;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 79960205014     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/22/7/075204     Document Type: Article

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