Title :
Development of polymer coated fibre Bragg gratings for relative humidity sensing
Author :
Swanson, A.J. ; Raymond, S.G. ; Janssens, S. ; Bhuiyan, M.D.H. ; Waterland, M.R.
Author_Institution :
Callaghan Innovation, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Abstract :
This paper looks at the development of a polyetherimide coated fibre Bragg grating based humidity sensor. Different fibre coating methods and coating thicknesses were trialled with a Bragg wavelength shift of 0.93pm/%RH achieved.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; humidity; humidity sensors; optical fibre cladding; optical polymers; Bragg wavelength shift; coating thicknesses; fibre coating; humidity sensor; polyetherimide; polymer coated fibre Bragg gratings; relative humidity sensing; Coatings; Fiber gratings; Humidity; Optical fibers; Polymers; Temperature measurement; Bragg grating; humidity sensor; polyetherimide;
Conference_Titel :
Sensing Technology (ICST), 2013 Seventh International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wellington
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-5220-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICSensT.2013.6727648
