Optical fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer cavity fabricated by femtosecond laser micromachining and fusion splicing for refractive index sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 22813-22818

  Liao, C R ^a   Hu, T Y ^a   Wang, D N ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

FEMTOSECOND LASER MICROMACHINING; FIBER FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; FUSION SPLICING; IN-LINE; INTERFEROMETER CAVITY; LOW TEMPERATURES; MICRO HOLES; REFRACTIVE INDEX MEASUREMENT; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSITIVITY; REFRACTIVE INDEX UNITS;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LASER; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; INTERFEROMETRY; LASERS; REFRACTOMETRY;

EID: 84866635673     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.022813     Document Type: Article

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