Novel Knob-integrated fiber Bragg grating sensor with polyvinyl alcohol coating for simultaneous relative humidity and temperature measurement

Guofeng Yan; Yanhong Liang; El-Hang Lee; Sailing He

doi:10.1364/OE.23.015624

Novel Knob-integrated fiber Bragg grating sensor with polyvinyl alcohol coating for simultaneous relative humidity and temperature measurement

Guofeng Yan, Yanhong Liang, El-Hang Lee, and Sailing He

Optics Express
Vol. 23,
Issue 12,
pp. 15624-15634
(2015)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.23.015624

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- Original Manuscript: April 16, 2015
- Revised Manuscript: May 31, 2015
- Manuscript Accepted: June 1, 2015
- Published: June 4, 2015

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Abstract

A novel high performance optical fiber sensor for simultaneous measurement of relative humidity (RH) and temperature based on our newly designed knob-integrated fiber Bragg grating (FBG) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The knob-shaped taper followed by an FBG works as a multifunctional joint that not only excites the cladding modes but also recouples the cladding modes reflected by the FBG back into the leading single mode fiber. Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) film is plated on the fiber surface by dip-coating technique as a humidity-to-refractive index (RI) transducer, and affects the intensity of reflected cladding modes by way of evanescent fields. By monitoring the intensity and wavelength of the reflected cladding modes, the RH and temperature variance can be determined simultaneously. Experimental results show an RH sensitivity of up to 1.2 dB/%RH within an RH range of 30-95%, which is significantly better than previously reported values. And the temperature sensitivity of 8.2 pm/°Ccould be achieved in the temperature range of 25-60°C. A fast and reversible time response has also been demonstrated, enabling to pick up a humidity change as fast as 630 ms. The capability of simultaneous measurement of RH and temperature, the fast response, the reusability and the simple fabrication process make this structure a highly promising sensor for real-time practical RH monitoring applications.

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S. Akita, H. Sasaki, K. Watanabe, and A. Seki, “A humidity sensor based on a hetero-core optical fiber,” Sens. Actuators B Chem. 147(2), 385–391 (2010).
[Crossref]

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Fig. 1 The schematic diagram of our proposed sensor structure. The inset is the optical microscopy image of the fabricated knob-shaped taper.

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Fig. 2 (a) the transversal field evolution of

L P_{03}

mode under different external RIs. The gray area indicates the external surrounding. (b) Evanescent field fractions of the three cladding modes with the increase of the external RIs.

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Fig. 3 (a) Spectral comparison of the bare FBG, knob-integrated FBG and PVA coated knob-integrated FBG. (b) Reflection power and Bragg wavelength changes as a function of surrounding RIs. (c) Reflection power and Bragg wavelength as a function of temperature.

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Fig. 4 Decrease trend of the thickness of PVA film as a function of pulling speed for three batches with different PVA concentrations.

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Fig. 5 The scanning electron microscopy photos of (a) the cross section and (b) the side view of the knob-integrated FBG with PVA coating.

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Fig. 6 Schematic diagram of the experimental setup for relative humidity and temperature measurement.

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Fig. 7 (a) Reflection spectral evolution of the RH sensor under different RH levels and (b) the reflection power of the cladding mode as a function of relative humidity in both ascending and descending orders. The inset is the reflection wavelength of the cladding mode as a function of relative humidity. The orange line is the linear fit of the experimental data.

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Fig. 8 (a) Reflection spectral evolution (b) Reflection power (black) and wavelength (red) response of the sealed RH sensor under different temperatures.

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Fig. 9 Time response of the RH sensor (a) when put in and out of the chamber, (b) by exposed under human breathing.

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Fig. 10 (a) Stability test of the proposed humidity sensor under constant RHs of 70 and 90% RH, respectively. (b) Repeatability test of the humidity response. Error bars are calculated from six experimental measurements.

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