Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 11, Issue 9, 090604(2013)
Calibrating an optical fiber humidity sensor and applying it in real-time monitoring of relative humidity in fresh concrete
A doubly cladding single-mode fiber humidity sensor is fabricated by agarose. The sensor has an insertion loss of -0.08 dB and a power change of -17.83 dB. The responses of the sensor to a relative humidity (RH) range form 30% to 100% at a temperature range form 25 to 34 oC are validated. The experiments demonstrate that the absorbability of agarose gel to moisture decreases with increasing RH in measured gas. We propose a calibration method that uses lookup tables and construct a corresponding calibration matrix. Using the sensor, we conduct real-time monitoring of RH in fresh concrete during its hardening process.
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Xiaokang Zhang, Zhuoyong Deng, Hanlang Xu, "Calibrating an optical fiber humidity sensor and applying it in real-time monitoring of relative humidity in fresh concrete," Chin. Opt. Lett. 11, 090604 (2013)
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: May. 3, 2013
Accepted: Jun. 28, 2013
Published Online: Sep. 3, 2013
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