Nanofilm-coated photonic crystal fiber long-period gratings with modal transition for high chemical sensitivity and selectivity

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8346, Issue , 2012, Pages

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

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber optic sensors; long period gratings; modal transition.; photonic crystal fiber

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; ELECTROSTATIC COATINGS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SMART SENSORS;

DETECTION OF CHEMICALS; ELECTROSTATIC SELF ASSEMBLY; FUNCTIONAL NANOSTRUCTURES; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; MODAL TRANSITION; RESONANCE WAVELENGTHS; SELECTIVE CHEMICAL SENSORS; SINGLE-MODE PHOTONIC CRYSTAL;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84893666807     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.915050     Document Type: Conference Paper

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