Optical Fiber Refractive Index Sensor for Chloride Ion Monitoring

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 525-532

  Lam, Cathy Chung Chun ^a   Mandamparambil, Rajesh ^a   Sun, Tong ^a   Grattan, Kenneth T V ^a   Nanukuttan, Sreejith V ^b   Taylor, Su E ^b   Basheer, P A Muhammed ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chloride; fiber optic sensor; interferometer; longperiod grating; structural health monitoring

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008040625     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2009.2016597     Document Type: Article

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