Optical fiber relative humidity sensor based on a hydrogel coated long period grating

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8199, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Yu, Xiujuan ^a   Wang, Liwei ^b   Zhang, Jintao ^a   Zhang, Min ^b   Liu, Shengchun ^a   Liao, Yanbiao ^b  

^a HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrogel; Long period grating; Optical fiber sensors; Relative humidity sensor

Indexed keywords

AT RESONANCE; DEGREE OF SENSITIVITY; DURABILITY TEST; HIGH RESOLUTION; HUMIDITY LEVELS; HYSTERESIS ERRORS; LONG PERIOD GRATING; LONG PERIOD GRATINGS; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; STABILITY TESTS; STANDARD DEVIATION; TRANSMISSION LOSS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; HYDROGELS; HYSTERESIS; INSTRUMENT ERRORS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; STATISTICS;

HUMIDITY SENSORS;

EID: 84255170374     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.904716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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