Publication:
Recent developments in fiber optics humidity sensors

Date

2017

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Publisher

MDPI
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa

Project identifier

ES/1PE/TEC2016-79367

Abstract

A wide range of applications such as health, human comfort, agriculture, food processing and storage, and electronic manufacturing, among others, require fast and accurate measurement of humidity. Sensors based on optical fibers present several advantages over electronic sensors and great research efforts have been made in recent years in this field. The present paper reports the current trends of optical fiber humidity sensors. The evolution of optical structures developed towards humidity sensing, as well as the novel materials used for this purpose, will be analyzed. Well-known optical structures, such as long-period fiber gratings or fiber Bragg gratings, are still being studied towards an enhancement of their sensitivity. Sensors based on lossy mode resonances constitute a platform that combines high sensitivity with low complexity, both in terms of their fabrication process and the equipment required. Novel structures, such as resonators, are being studied in order to improve the resolution of humidity sensors. Moreover, recent research on polymer optical fibers suggests that the sensitivity of this kind of sensor has not yet reached its limit. Therefore, there is still room for improvement in terms of sensitivity and resolution.

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Keywords

Optical fiber humidity sensors, Fiber Bragg gratings, Long period fiber grating, Photonic crystal fiber, Tapered optical fiber, Modal interferometer, Fabry-Pérot interferometers, Resonators, Lossy mode resonances

Department

Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa / Institute of Smart Cities - ISC / Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica

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