Fiber humidity sensors with high sensitivity and selectivity based on interior nanofilm-coated photonic crystal fiber long-period gratings

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 176, Issue , 2013, Pages 264-274

  Zheng, Shijie ^a   Zhu, Yinian ^a   Krishnaswamy, Sridhar ^a  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating gratings; Fiber optic sensors; Long period gratings; Nanostructure material and film; Photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CRYSTAL WHISKERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; HUMIDITY SENSORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SELF ASSEMBLY;

ELECTROSTATIC SELF-ASSEMBLY DEPOSITIONS; FIBER BRAGG GRATING GRATINGS; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURE MATERIAL; NONDESTRUCTIVE DETECTION; SENSING CHARACTERISTICS; SURROUNDING MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION INTENSITY;

PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

EID: 84875472583     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.snb.2012.09.098     Document Type: Article

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