Highly sensitive refractive index optical fiber sensors fabricated by a femtosecond laser

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1189-1197

  Yang, Jinpeng ^a   Jiang, Lan ^a   Wang, Sumei ^a   Chen, Qianghua ^a   Li, Benye ^a   Xiao, Hai ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Missouri Rolla   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optics systems; sensors; ultrafast lasers

Indexed keywords

AIR CAVITY; ARC FUSION; EXTINCTION RATIOS; FEMTO-SECOND LASER; FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; FIBER CORE DIAMETERS; FIBER SENSOR; HIGH SENSITIVITY; HIGHLY SENSITIVE; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; OPTICS SYSTEMS; ULTRA-FAST;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS; ULTRAFAST LASERS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 83455258632     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2011.2176535     Document Type: Article

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