DocumentCode
521028
Title
Highly-sensitive measurements of changes in density and refractive index of air using fiber laser polarization mode beating techniques
Author
Rosales-García, Andrea ; Morse, T.F. ; Hernández-Cordero, Juan
Author_Institution
Lab. for Lightwave Technol., Boston Univ., Boston, MA, USA
fYear
2010
fDate
16-21 May 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate a highly-sensitive fiber optic sensor for measuring changes in the refractive index of air. This technique provides an accurate method for monitoring refractive index, density and pressure of gases in an intra-cavity vessel.
Keywords
Density measurement; Fiber lasers; Gas lasers; Gases; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Monitoring; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Refractive index;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA, USA
Print_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-55752-890-2
Type
conf
Filename
5500635
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