Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating

This work addresses a new configuration that improves the sensitivity of a humidity sensor based on a long-period fiber grating coated with a SiO(2)-nanospheres film. An intermediate higher refractive index overlay, deposited through Electrostatic Self-Assembly, is placed between the fiber cladding...

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Autores principales: Viegas, Diana, Goicoechea, Javier, Santos, José Luís, Araújo, Francisco Moita, Ferreira, Luís Alberto, Arregui, Francisco J., Matias, Ignacio R.
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22389614
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s90100519
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author Viegas, Diana
Goicoechea, Javier
Santos, José Luís
Araújo, Francisco Moita
Ferreira, Luís Alberto
Arregui, Francisco J.
Matias, Ignacio R.
author_facet Viegas, Diana
Goicoechea, Javier
Santos, José Luís
Araújo, Francisco Moita
Ferreira, Luís Alberto
Arregui, Francisco J.
Matias, Ignacio R.
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description This work addresses a new configuration that improves the sensitivity of a humidity sensor based on a long-period fiber grating coated with a SiO(2)-nanospheres film. An intermediate higher refractive index overlay, deposited through Electrostatic Self-Assembly, is placed between the fiber cladding and the humidity sensitive film in order to increase the total effective refractive index of the coating. With this intermediate design, a three-fold improvement in the sensitivity was obtained. Wavelength shifts up to 15 nm against 5 nm were achieved in a humidity range from 20% to 80%.
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spelling pubmed-32807602012-03-02 Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating Viegas, Diana Goicoechea, Javier Santos, José Luís Araújo, Francisco Moita Ferreira, Luís Alberto Arregui, Francisco J. Matias, Ignacio R. Sensors (Basel) Article This work addresses a new configuration that improves the sensitivity of a humidity sensor based on a long-period fiber grating coated with a SiO(2)-nanospheres film. An intermediate higher refractive index overlay, deposited through Electrostatic Self-Assembly, is placed between the fiber cladding and the humidity sensitive film in order to increase the total effective refractive index of the coating. With this intermediate design, a three-fold improvement in the sensitivity was obtained. Wavelength shifts up to 15 nm against 5 nm were achieved in a humidity range from 20% to 80%. Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2009-01-16 /pmc/articles/PMC3280760/ /pubmed/22389614 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s90100519 Text en © 2009 by the authors; licensee Molecular Diversity Preservation International, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).
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Viegas, Diana
Goicoechea, Javier
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Arregui, Francisco J.
Matias, Ignacio R.
Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating
title Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating
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title_fullStr Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating
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title_short Sensitivity Improvement of a Humidity Sensor Based on Silica Nanospheres on a Long-Period Fiber Grating
title_sort sensitivity improvement of a humidity sensor based on silica nanospheres on a long-period fiber grating
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3280760/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22389614
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s90100519
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