Salinity sensor based on polyimide-coated photonic crystal fiber

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 20003-20008

  Wu, Chuang ^a,b   Guan, Bai Ou ^c   Lu, Chao ^a   Tam, Hwa Yaw ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBERS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; POLYIMIDES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SENSORS;

CRYSTAL FIBER; FIBER COATINGS; FIBER LOOPS; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; RADIAL PRESSURE; TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; IMIDE; INORGANIC SALT;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON; PRESSURE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

ALGORITHMS; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; IMIDES; INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTONS; PRESSURE; SALINITY; SALTS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 80053999018     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.020003     Document Type: Article

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