Optical fiber humidity sensor based on a tapered fiber coated with agarose gel

Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 127-131

  Bariáin, Cándido ^a   Matías, Ignacio R ^a   Arregui, Francisco J ^a   López Amo, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; GELS; HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL FIBER FABRICATION; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

HYDROPHILIC GELS; OPTICAL FIBER HUMIDITY SENSORS (OFHS); TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0343006705     PISSN: 09254005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-4005(00)00524-4     Document Type: Article

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