Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 30, Issue 6, 1592(2010)

Miniature Humidity Sensor Based on All-Fiber Fabry-Pérot Interferometer Formed by Hollow Core Fiber

Zhu Tao1,2、*, Xu Min1, Rao Yunjiang1,2, Ke Tao1, and Liu Liangchen1
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    A highly sensitive humidity sensor based on Fabry-Pérot (F-P) interferometer which is formed by hollow core fiber with low sensitivity to temperature is realized. Because the optical path difference of interferential cavity depends on the cavity length and the refractive index of the media which is filled in the F-P cavity. The F-P sensor is filled with a novel nano-composite hydrogel with a strong water capacity. It is realized that the humidity can be measured by measuring optical path difference of the sensor when the refractive index of hydrogel changes due to absorbing water vapor in the air substantially. The experimental results show that the optical path difference changes from 608.7180 μm to 604.0488 μm when the surrounding humidity varies in the range of 38%-98% and the sensitivity of optical path difference versus the relative humidity is 77.82 nm/(1%).

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    Zhu Tao, Xu Min, Rao Yunjiang, Ke Tao, Liu Liangchen. Miniature Humidity Sensor Based on All-Fiber Fabry-Pérot Interferometer Formed by Hollow Core Fiber[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2010, 30(6): 1592

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jun. 18, 2009

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jun. 7, 2010

    The Author Email: Tao Zhu (zhutao@cqu.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos20103006.1592

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