Ultrahigh-sensitivity sensors based on thin-film coated long period gratings with reduced diameter, in transition mode and near the dispersion turning point

Optics Express

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 8389-8398

  Del Villar, Ignacio ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; DISPERSION (WAVES); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; NUMERICAL METHODS; THIN FILMS;

CLADDING DIAMETERS; COUPLED MODE THEORY; EXACT CALCULATIONS; LONG PERIOD FIBER GRATING; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; SURROUNDING-MEDIUM REFRACTIVE INDICES; TRANSITION MODES; ULTRA-HIGH-SENSITIVITY;

REFRACTIVE INDEX;

EID: 84928023576     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.23.008389     Document Type: Article

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