Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 39, Issue s1, 114001(2012)
Temperature-Independent Humidity Sensor Based on Polarization Maintaining Fiber Loop Mirror
A relative humidity sensor based on two polarization maintaining fibers loop mirror with temperature compensation is presented. The proposed sensor is created through coating a thin layer of polyvinyl alcohol onto a polarization maintaining fiber from which a portion of the cladding is etched, and the other polarization mainting fiber is used to compensate temperature. The relative humidity optical fiber sensor which shows a linear response to parameter and compensates for temperature is tested with different surrounding humidity levels from 20% to 80%. Experimental results show that the sensitivity of the relative humidity measurement is 0.98 nm/% (RH) and the effect of temperature sensitivity is only 0.0072 nm/℃. The goal to offset the effect of temperature is experimentally achieved.
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Liang Houhui, Jin Yongxing, An Jiali, Wang Jianfeng, Dong Xinyong. Temperature-Independent Humidity Sensor Based on Polarization Maintaining Fiber Loop Mirror[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2012, 39(s1): 114001
Category: remote sensing and sensor
Received: Jan. 1, 2012
Accepted: --
Published Online: May. 28, 2012
The Author Email: Houhui Liang (qianxunmohe@163.com)