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High Sensitivity Polymer Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors and Devices

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Research on single-mode polymer optical fibres, Bragg gratings based on polymer optical fibre and their applications has been considerably progressed in the recent years. This chapter provides an overview on recent research developments on solid core polymer fibre Bragg grating sensors, devices and their applications.

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  1. School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications, UNSW, Kensington, Australia

    Kishore Bhowmik, Gang-Ding Peng, Eliathamby Ambikairajah & Ginu Rajan

  2. School of Electrical, Computer and Telecommunications Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia

    Ginu Rajan

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Bhowmik, K., Peng, GD., Ambikairajah, E., Rajan, G. (2016). High Sensitivity Polymer Fibre Bragg Grating Sensors and Devices. In: Serpe, M.J., Kang, Y., Zhang, Q.M. (eds) Photonic Materials for Sensing, Biosensing and Display Devices. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 229. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24990-2_10

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