High-temperature sensing with tapers made of microstructured optical fiber

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 511-513

  Monzón Hernández, David ^a   Minkovich, Vladimir P ^a   Villatoro, Joel ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Microstructured optical fiber (MOF); Modal interferometer; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber sensors; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBER (MOF); MICROSTRUCTURED OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; INTERFEROMETERS; SENSORS; SILICA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 84873057251     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.863173     Document Type: Article

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