Ultrahigh-sensitivity temperature fiber sensor based on multimode interference

Applied Optics

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 3236-3242

  Silva, Susana ^a,b,c   Pachon, Edwin G P ^a   Franco, Marcos A R ^d   Hayashi, Juliano G ^a   Malcata, F Xavier ^e,f   Frazäo, Orlando ^c   Jorge, Pedro ^c   Cordeiro, Cristiano M B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d INSTITUTO DE ESTUDOS AVANÇADOS   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE OF MAIA   (Portugal)

^f INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; PLASTIC COATINGS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EVANESCENT WAVE ABSORPTION; EXTERNAL REFRACTIVE INDICES; MAXIMUM SENSITIVITY; MULTI-MODE INTERFERENCE; SELF-IMAGING EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE FIBER SENSORS; TEMPERATURE VARIATION; ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVITY;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84861833107     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.51.003236     Document Type: Article

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