Agarose-Gel Based Guided-Mode Resonance Humidity Sensor

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Priambodo, Purnomo S ^a,c   Magnusson, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Resonant Sensors Incorporated   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF INDONESIA   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Agarose gels; diffractive optical elements; guided mode resonance; humidity sensor; optical sensor; relative humidity

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008066175     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: 15581748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.890129     Document Type: Article

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