Ultra-highly sensitive optical gas sensors based on chemomechanical polymer-incorporated fiber interferometer

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 2018-2023

  Bae, Mi Kyung ^a,b   Lim, Jung Ah ^a   Kim, Sangsig ^b   Song, Yong Won ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS DETECTORS; INTERFEROMETERS;

CAVITY EXPANSIONS; CHEMOMECHANICAL; FIBER INTERFEROMETERS; GAS DETECTION; OPTICAL GAS SENSORS; PHASE MATCHING CONDITIONS; POLY(4-VINYL PYRIDINE); POLYMER-INCORPORATED; POWER REQUIREMENT; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SENSITIVITY LIMIT; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; ULTRAHIGH SENSITIVITY;

CHEMICAL SENSORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; GAS; INTERFEROMETRY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GASES; INTERFEROMETRY; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; TRANSDUCERS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874070016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.002018     Document Type: Article

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