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Sensors 2009, 9, 4559-4571; doi:10.3390/OPEN ACCESS sensors ISSN 1424-8220 /journal/sensors Article Characterization of Long-period Grating Refractive Index Sensors and Their Applications Hiroshi Tsuda * and Kei Urabe Research Institute of Instrumentation Frontier, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science Technology, Tsukuba Central 2, Tsukuba 305-8568, Japan; E-Mail: urabe-k@aist.go.jp * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: hiroshi-tsuda@aist.go.jp; Tel.: +81- 29-861-9284, Fax: +81-29-861-5882 Received: 25 May 2009; in revised form: 6 June 2009 / A