• 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