A reliable, sensitive and fast optical fiber hydrogen sensor based on surface Plasmon resonance

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 382-390

  Perrotton, Cédric ^a   Westerwaal, Ruud J ^b   Javahiraly, Nicolas ^a   Slaman, Martin ^b   Schreuders, Herman ^b   Dam, Bernard ^b   Meyrueis, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDROGEN; PLASMONS; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FIBER SENSOR; HYDROGEN CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN SENSOR; HYDROGEN-SENSING; INTENSITY FLUCTUATIONS; MULTI-POINTS; WAVELENGTH MODULATION;

MULTIMODE FIBERS;

EID: 84872730006     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.000382     Document Type: Article

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