Sensing characteristics of the rocking filters in microstructured fibers optimized for hydrostatic pressure measurements

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 21, 2012, Pages 23320-23330

  Anuszkiewicz, A ^a   Statkiewicz Barabach, G ^a   Borsukowski, T ^a   Olszewski, J ^a   Martynkien, T ^a   Urbanczyk, W ^a   Mergo, P ^b   Makara, M ^b   Poturaj, K ^b   Geernaert, T ^c   Berghmans, F ^c   Thienpont, H ^c  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FABRICATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT;

CROSS SENSITIVITY; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MICROSTRUCTURED FIBERS; POLARIMETRIC SENSITIVITY; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SENSING CHARACTERISTICS;

FIBERS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; FILTRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT; PRESSURE TRANSDUCER; REFRACTOMETRY;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; FILTRATION; HYDROSTATIC PRESSURE; LIGHT; MINIATURIZATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS, PRESSURE;

EID: 84867285159     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.023320     Document Type: Article

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