Optical fiber refractometer based on a Fabry-Pérot interferometer

Optical Engineering

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Silva, Susana F O ^a   Frazao O ^a   Caldas, Paul ^a,b   Santos, Jose L ^a,c   Araujo F M ^a   Ferreira, Luis A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE VIANA DO CASTELO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Fabry P rot interferometer; fiber Bragg grating; fiber refractometer; signal processing

Indexed keywords

DISTILLED WATER; FIBER BRAGG; FIBER REFRACTOMETER; FIBER TIP; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; INTERFEROMETER FRINGES; LINEAR RELATION; LIQUID REFRACTIVE INDEX; LIQUID SAMPLE; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX VARIATIONS; SENSOR OPERATIONS; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED;

ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFRACTION; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FIBERS;

EID: 80052327081     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: 15602303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.2931527     Document Type: Article

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