Polymer microfiber rings for high-sensitivity optical humidity sensing

Applied Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 31, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Pan ^a   Gu, Fuxing ^a   Zhang, Lei ^a   Tong, Limin ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULES;

DYNAMIC RANGE; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MICRO-FIBER; OPTICAL HUMIDITY SENSING; POLYACRYLAMIDE(PAM); RESONANCE PEAK; SPECTRAL SHIFT; WATER MOLECULE;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

ACRYLIC ACID RESIN; POLYACRYLAMIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMIDITY; INSTRUMENTATION; SPECTROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; WEATHER;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMIDITY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STEAM; WEATHER;

EID: 80155141555     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.50.0000G7     Document Type: Article

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