Relative humidity sensor based on cascaded long-period gratings with hydrogel coatings and Fourier demodulation

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 1828-1830

  Yu, Xiujuan ^a,b   Childs, Paul ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Liao, Yanbiao ^a   Ju, Jian ^c   Jin, Wei ^c  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cascaded long period gratings (LPGs); Hydrogel; Optical fiber sensors; Relative humidity (RH)

Indexed keywords

CASCADED LONG-PERIOD GRATING; CASCADED LONG-PERIOD GRATINGS (LPGS); FOURIER; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELATIVE HUMIDITY SENSORS; THIN-FILM COATINGS;

COATINGS; COMPOSITE STRUCTURES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HYDROGELS; MOISTURE; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHASE SHIFT; SENSORS; VISIBILITY;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY;

EID: 73049083484     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2034620     Document Type: Article

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