DocumentCode
992804
Title
Novel refractometer using a tapered optical fibre
Author
Kumar, A. ; Subrahmanyam, T.V.B. ; Sharma, A.D. ; Thyagarajan, K. ; Pal, B.P. ; Goyal, I.C.
Author_Institution
Indian Institute of Technology, Physics Department, New Delhi, India
Volume
20
Issue
13
fYear
1984
Firstpage
534
Lastpage
535
Abstract
Using multimode tapered optical fibre a novel fibre-optic refractometer has been proposed. It can measure refractive indices to a high degree of accuracy and requires very little amount of sample for measurements. It is shown that, in principle, this refractometer can be designed to measure any refractive index less than that of the core with a better sensitivity than that of the earlier reported fibre refractometers.
Keywords
fibre optics; refractometers; fibre-optic refractometer; liquid samples; multimode tapered optical fibre; sensitivity;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19840370
Filename
4248838
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