• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 11, Issue s1, S10404 (2013)
Yun Cheng, Weijing Xie, Xun Yu, Hong Lu, and Minghong Yang
DOI: 10.3788/col201311.s10404 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
Yun Cheng, Weijing Xie, Xun Yu, Hong Lu, Minghong Yang. Optical coatings on f iber for relative-humidity sensing applications[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(s1): S10404 Copy Citation Text show less

Abstract

A fiber-optic relative-humidity (RH) sensor composed of multilayer of porous dielectric films is proposed. The transducer deposited on fiber end-face is multilayer coating consisting of nano-porous TiO2 and SiO2 films, which forms a low-fineness Fabry-Perot (F-P) filter with one of minimum reflections at about 1 350-nm wavelength. The dielectric thin films realized by e-beam evaporation without ion-source assistance have columnar and porous structures, which exhibit sensitivity to RH change of environments. When the sensor is exposed to an environment of RH change from 10.9% to 92.8%, experimental results demonstrate 77.9-nm shift of characteristic wavelength.
Yun Cheng, Weijing Xie, Xun Yu, Hong Lu, Minghong Yang. Optical coatings on f iber for relative-humidity sensing applications[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2013, 11(s1): S10404
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