Applied Physics Letters · 1987 · 178 citations · 5 references
PhotonicsPhotonic SensorEngineeringOptical PropertiesFiber Optic SensingBulk Absorption CoefficientGuided-wave OpticFiber OpticsOptical SensorRefractive IndexPlanar Waveguide SensorSimple Theory
Waveguide evanescent field absorption has been measured as a function of cladding refractive index and bulk absorption coefficient. A simple theory for interpreting these results has been developed. An all-fiber species concentration sensor has been constructed and its performance characterized.
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