Microfiber-based bragg gratings for sensing applications: A review

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 8861-8876

  Kou, Jun Long ^a   Ding, Ming ^b   Feng, Jing ^a   Lu, Yan Qing ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Focused ion beam; Force; Grating; Microfiber; Optical fabrication; Optical fiber component; Refractive index; Sensor; Strain; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864339096     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120708861     Document Type: Review

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