Michelson interferometer-based fiber-optic sensing of liquid refractive index

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 720-723

  Meng, Hongyun ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Zhang, Guanbin ^a   Wu, Xiaowei ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Tan, Chunhua ^a   Huang, Xuguang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fiber sensor; Fresnel reflection; Michelson interferometer; Refractive index

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SENSING; FIBER SENSOR; FIBER-OPTIC SENSING; FRESNEL REFLECTION; FRESNEL REFLECTIONS; FRINGE CONTRASTS; INTERFERENCE FRINGE; LIQUID REFRACTIVE INDEX; MICHELSON; REFLECTIVE SPECTRUM; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; SOLUTION SAMPLES;

FIBER OPTICS; LIQUIDS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; REFRACTOMETERS; SENSORS;

FIBERS;

EID: 81155130792     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2011.08.054     Document Type: Article

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