Title :
Humidity-sensing effects of optical fibres with microporous SiO2 cladding
Author :
Ogawa, Koichi ; Tsuchiya, Satoshi ; Kawakami, H. ; Tsutsui, T.
Author_Institution :
Eng. Dev. Center, Tokyo Electr. Power Co. Inc.
fDate :
1/7/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Experiments are conducted in which humidity is measured using optical fibres with microporous SiO2 cladding. The optical fibre is found to possess the characteristics of a relative humidity sensor, and is suitable for multipoint measurement employing optical time domain reflectometry techniques
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; humidity measurement; silicon compounds; OTDR; SiO2 core; characteristics; microporous SiO2 cladding; multipoint measurement; optical fibre sensors; optical time domain reflectometry techniques; relative humidity sensor;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters