Long-period fiber grating sensor with a styrene-acrylonitrile nano-film incorporating cryptophane A for methane detection

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2011, Pages 14696-14706

  Yang, Jianchun ^a   Tao, Chuanyi ^a   Li, Xueming ^a   Zhu, Guangqin ^a   Chen, Weimin ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT REFRACTION; METHANATION; METHANE; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; STYRENE;

COMPLEX REFRACTIVE INDEX; COUPLED-MODE THEORY; CRYPTOPHANE-A; DETECTION LIMITS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; METHANE CONCENTRATIONS; METHANE DETECTION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; RESONANT WAVELENGTHS; SENSING FILMS; SENSOR DESIGNS; STYRENE ACRYLONITRILES; TIME RESPONSE; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

NANOSENSORS;

ACRYLONITRILE; CRYPTOPHANE A; GLASS; GLASS FIBER; METHANE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON; STYRENE;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; TIME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ACRYLONITRILE; CALIBRATION; GLASS; METHANE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; REFRACTOMETRY; STYRENE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960526900     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.014696     Document Type: Article

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