TNT vapor detection based on a lab-on-a-fiber: Achieving a millimeter-scale sensing element on fiber

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 213-217

  Ma, Jianjun ^a   Kos, Aldona ^a   Bock, Wojtek J ^a   Li, Xianzhe ^b   Nguyen, Huy ^b   Wang, Zhi Yuan ^b   Cusano, Andrea ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN OUTAOUAIS   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SANNIO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; optical fiber transducers; thin films; TNT explosive detection

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPONENT; DESIGN SOLUTIONS; FAST RESPONSE; FIBER CORES; FILM SUBSTRATES; FLUORESCENT EMISSION; OPTICAL FIBER TRANSDUCERS; POWER DENSITIES; SENSING ELEMENTS; SIDE WALLS; STRAY EXCITATION LIGHT; SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION; TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES; TNT EXPLOSIVE DETECTION; TNT VAPORS;

FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLYMER FILMS; THIN FILMS; VAPORS;

EXPLOSIVES DETECTION;

EID: 82555173141     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2147779     Document Type: Article

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