High sensitivity gas refractometer based on all-fiber open-cavity Fabry-Perot interferometer formed by large lateral offset splicing

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 912-915

  Duan, De Wen ^a   Rao, Yun Jiang ^a,b   Zhu, Tao ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

ALL FIBER; COST EFFECTIVE; FABRICATED SENSORS; FUSION SPLICING; HIGH SENSITIVITY; THERMAL SENSITIVITY; TWO SECTION;

REFRACTOMETERS;

EID: 84861413245     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.29.000912     Document Type: Article

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