Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 3, 328004(2015)

Humidity Sensor Based on Waist-enlarged Fiber Tapers Cascade Structure

ZHANG Yun-shan1、*, QIAO Xue-guang1,2, SHAO Min1, FU Hai-wei1, LI Hui-dong1, and ZHAO Na1
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    An in-fiber Mach-Zehnder interferometer humidity sensor based on waist-enlarged fiber tapers cascade structure was proposed and demonstrated.The sensor head is formed by a taper-single-mode-taper-single-mode-taper structure through arc fusion splicing.The change of the humidity and temperature will make the optical path difference changed of the sensor core mode and cladding modes, causing interference spectral change.Through monitoring the spectra variation can determine the ambient physical quantities.The experimental results show that the humidity sensitivity of the sensor is -0.065 dB/%RH with a linearity of 0.997 in the humidity range of 35-95%RH;the temperature sensitivity of the sensor is 69.4 pm/℃ with a linearity of 0.998 in the temperature range of 30-80 ℃.This sensor can avoid the cross-sensitivity to humidity and temperature, make it a good candidate for high accuracy humidity and temperature applications.

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    ZHANG Yun-shan, QIAO Xue-guang, SHAO Min, FU Hai-wei, LI Hui-dong, ZHAO Na. Humidity Sensor Based on Waist-enlarged Fiber Tapers Cascade Structure[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2015, 44(3): 328004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Remote Sensing and Sensors

    Received: Sep. 10, 2014

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Apr. 14, 2015

    The Author Email: Yun-shan ZHANG (1121490150@qq.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20154403.0328004

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