Miniaturized metal-dielectric-hybrid fiber tip grating for refractive index sensing

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 1712-1714

  Kou, Jun Long ^a   Qiu, Sun Jie ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Yuan, Ye ^a   Zhao, Gang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Grating; microfiber; sensor

Indexed keywords

CLADDING STRUCTURES; FIBER GRATINGS; FIBER TIP; FLEXIBLE DESIGNS; GRATING; MICROFIBER; MULTI CHANNEL SENSORS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; RESONANT MODE; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SURFACE CORRUGATIONS; ULTRA-SMALL;

FIBERS; METALS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS;

LIGHT REFRACTION;

EID: 80055039019     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2011.2166151     Document Type: Article

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