Experimental results towards development of humidity sensors by using a hygroscopic material on biconically tapered optical fibre

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 3555, Issue , 1998, Pages 95-105

  Bariain C ^a   Matias I R ^a   Arregui, F J ^a   Lopez Amo M ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biconically tapered optical fibres and higroscopic materials; Fibre optic humidity sensors

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; COBALT COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; SOL-GELS;

COBALT CHLORIDE; HUMIDITY SENSORS; HYGROSCOPIC MATERIAL; TAPERING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0032404738     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.318195     Document Type: Conference Paper

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