Sensitivity enhancement of RI sensor based on SMS fiber structure with high refractive index overlay

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1463-1469

  Xue, Lin Lin ^a   Yang, Li ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

High refractive index (RI) overlay; mode reorganization; multimode interference; optical fiber sensors

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS; AVERAGE SENSITIVITIES; COLLECTIVE EFFECTS; ENHANCED SENSITIVITY; FIBER STRUCTURES; GAS SENSING; HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX; HIGH RI; MEASUREMENT RANGE; MODE EXPANSION; MODE REORGANIZATION; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; MULTIMODES; MULTIPLE INTERFERENCES; NOVEL STRUCTURES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; SENSITIVITY ENHANCEMENTS; SINGLE MODE; SURROUNDING REFRACTIVE INDICES (SRI); TRANSMISSION CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSMISSION SPECTRUMS; WAVELENGTH SHIFT;

FIBERS; INTEGRATED OPTICS; MULTIMODE FIBERS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84859708279     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2012.2186433     Document Type: Article

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