Optical fiber humidity sensor with a fast response time using the ionic self-assembly method

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E83-C, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 360-364

  Arregui, Francisco J ^a   Cooper, Kristie L ^b   Liu, Yanjing ^b   Matias, Ignacio R ^a   Claus, Richard O ^c  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b NANOSONIC INC   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fabry Perot; Humidity sensor; Ionic self assembly monolayer; Optical fiber

Indexed keywords

IONIC SELF-ASSEMBLY MONOLAYER (ISAM) METHODS; OPTICAL FIBER HUMIDITY SENSORS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FABRY-PEROT INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MONOLAYERS; POLYMERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0033748646     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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