Photonic crystal fiber Bragg grating based sensors - Opportunities for applications in healthcare

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8311, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Berghmans, Francis ^a   Geernaert, Thomas ^a   Sulejmani, Sanne ^a   Thienpont, Hugo ^a   Van Steenberge, Geert ^b   Van Hoe, Bram ^b   Dubruel, Peter ^b   Urbanczyk, Waclaw ^c   Mergo, Pawel ^d   Webb, David J ^e   Kalli, Kyriacos ^f   Van Roosbroeck, Jan ^g   Sugden, Kate ^e,h  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

^g FBGS International   (Belgium)

^h Astasense Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocompatible; Biomechanical; Embedded; Fiber Bragg grating; Micro technology; Microstructured optical fiber; Optical fiber sensor; Photonic crystal fiber; Polymer

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBLE; BIOMECHANICAL; EMBEDDED; FIBER BRAGG; MICRO-STRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; MICROTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR;

BIOMECHANICS; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HEALTH CARE; NONLINEAR OPTICS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PHOTONICS; POLYMERS; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84855238143     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.901240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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