Ambient humidity monitoring using a 1D photonic crystal sensor fabricated with glancing angle deposition

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7356, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hawkeye, Matthew M ^a   Krause, Kathleen M ^a   Brett, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glancing angle deposition; Humidity sensor; Nanostructures; Optical sensing; Photonic crystals; Porous materials

Indexed keywords

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTAL; AMBIENT HUMIDITY; BAND GAPS; COLOUR CHANGE; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUES; OPTICAL SENSING; OPTICAL SPECTRA; POWER CONSUMPTION; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SENSOR DEVICE; TIO; VISUAL FEEDBACK SYSTEM; WHITE LIGHT;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; HUMIDITY SENSORS; MOISTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL SENSORS; POROUS MATERIALS; VACUUM DEPOSITION; VACUUM EVAPORATION; VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 70350060444     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.820731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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