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Fiber Optic Cables
Known as:
Optical Fiber
, Cable, Fiber Optic
, Optic Cable, Fiber
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Thin strands of transparent material, usually glass, that are used for transmitting light waves over long distances.
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Interfacial transduction of nucleic acid hybridization using immobilized quantum dots as donors in fluorescence resonance energy transfer.
W. R. Algar
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U. Krull
Langmuir
2009
Corpus ID: 22894435
Fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) using immobilized quantum dots (QDs) as energy donors was explored as a…
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2001
2001
Fabrication of microgratings on the ends of standard optical fibers by the electrostatic self-assembly monolayer process.
Francisco J. Arregui
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I. Matías
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K. Cooper
,
R. O. Claus
Optics Letters
2001
Corpus ID: 1578829
The electrostatic self-assembly monolayer process has been utilized for what is believed to be the first time to deposit quarter…
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1998
1998
Tapered optical fiber sensor using near-infrared fluorophores to assay hybridization.
S. Pilevar
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Christopher Davis
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F. Portugal
Analytical Chemistry
1998
Corpus ID: 2902405
We present an all-fiber hybridization assay sensor that relies on the evanescent field excitation of fluorescence from surface…
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1993
1993
Profile measurement of optically rough surfaces by fiber-optic interferometry.
D. Hand
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T. Carolan
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J. Barton
,
J. Jones
Optics Letters
1993
Corpus ID: 40020646
An instrument for measurement of the profiles of optically rough surfaces is described. The sensor is a robust and compact Fizeau…
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1993
1993
Polarimetric and intermodal interference sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure, temperature, and strain of highly birefringent optical fibers.
W. Bock
,
T. Eftimov
Optics Letters
1993
Corpus ID: 37726463
The sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure, temperature, and strain of elliptical-core, D-shaped, bow-tie highly birefringent fibers…
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1990
1990
Ultraviolet light photosensitivity in Ge-doped silica fibers: wavelength dependence of the light-induced index change.
B. Malo
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K. Vineberg
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F. Bilodeau
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J. Albert
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Derwyn C. Johnson
,
K. O. Hill
Optics Letters
1990
Corpus ID: 23152954
A novel technique is reported for detecting permanent and transient light-induced refractive-index changes (photosensitivity) in…
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1990
1990
Observation of polarization instabilities and modulational gain in a low-birefringence optical fiber.
S. F. Feldman
,
D. Weinberger
,
H. G. Winful
Optics Letters
1990
Corpus ID: 27554129
Intense linearly polarized light has been used to observe polarization instabilities due to the optical Kerr effect in a low…
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1988
1988
Porous optical fibers for high-sensitivity ammonia-vapor sensors.
M. Shahriari
,
Quan Zhou
,
G. Sigel
Optics Letters
1988
Corpus ID: 12885589
A new porous glass optical fiber has been developed for use as a sensor for the detection of ammonia vapors at low concentrations…
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1981
1981
Elasto-optic polarization measurement in optical fiber.
N. Chinone
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R. Ulrich
Optics Letters
1981
Corpus ID: 28785563
A method is described for the nondestructive determination of the state of polarization of the guided light at an arbitrary point…
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1977
1977
Full duplex transmission link over single-strand optical fiber.
Brian S. Kawasaki
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K. O. Hill
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Derwyn C. Johnson
,
Andrew U. Tenne-Sens
Optics Letters
1977
Corpus ID: 32666849
Full duplex transmission of television signals over a single optical fiber is demonstrated. The transmission link uses…
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