Detection limit of etched fiber bragg grating sensors

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 31, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 2441-2447

  Shivananju, B Nanjunda ^a   Renilkumar, M ^a   Prashanth, Gurusiddappa R ^a   Asokan, Sundararajan ^a   Varma, Manoj M ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Etched fiber Bragg grating; layer by layer assembly; limit of detection; weak polyelectrolytes

Indexed keywords

BRAGG WAVELENGTH SHIFT; ETCHED FIBER BRAGG GRATING; FIBER BRAGG GRATING SENSORS; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REAL TIME MEASUREMENTS; REFRACTIVE INDEX SENSING; WEAK POLYELECTROLYTES;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; POLYELECTROLYTES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SENSORS;

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS;

EID: 84879949092     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2262231     Document Type: Article

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