Zinc oxide nanoparticle based optical fiber humidity sensor having linear response throughout a large dynamic range

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 27, 2011, Pages 5310-5314

  Aneesh, R ^a   Khijwania, Sunil K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

EVANESCENT WAVE ABSORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; HIGH RELIABILITY; LINEAR RESPONSE; LINEAR SENSITIVITY; OPTIMUM THICKNESS; SENSOR RESPONSE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; GEL; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; GELS; HUMIDITY; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PHOTOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 80053013376     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.005310     Document Type: Article

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