琼脂糖光纤湿度传感器响应特性与温度的关系.docVIP

Applied Physics 应用物理, 2013, 3, 27-30 /10.12677/app.2013.32006 Published Online March 2013 (/journal/app.html) Relationship between Temperature and the Response of an Optical Fiber Humidity Sensor Fabricated by Agarose Hanlang Xu, Zhuoyong Deng, Xiaokang Zhang * South China University of Technology, Guangzhou * Email: xkzhang@ Received: Feb. 1 , 2013; revised: Feb. 10 , 2013; accepted: Feb. 25 , 2013 st th th Abstract: A doubly cladding single-mode fiber humidity sensor with insertion loss of ?0.08 dB and optical power variation of 9.47 dB/% RH in the humidity range from 30% to 100% RH was fabricated by agarose. Its responses to humidity range at the different temperature from 25?C to 34?C were tested with a climatic chamber. Based on the Goff-Gratch formula and the experimental results, it has been confirmed that the agarose coating have a great absorbent capacity in a low relative humidity. The sensor had the sensitivity of 0.3 dB/?C, 0.1 dB/?C and 0 dB/?C at the relative humidity of 30% RH, 90% RH and 100% RH, respectively, in the temperature range from 25?C to 34?C. It has also been confirmed that the refractive index of agarose gel was almost equal that of Corning optical fiber cladding material. It was concluded that the temperature of measured gas must be simultaneously monitored in the application of optical fiber humidity sensor and accurate determination of the RH of the gas. Keywords: Doubly Cladding Single-Mode Optical Fiber Humidity Sensors; Agarose; Saturation Vapor Pressure; Relative Humidity; Temperature 琼脂糖光纤湿度传感器响应特性与温度的关系 许瀚朗，邓焯泳，张小康* 华南理工大学，广州 Email: xkzhang@ * 收稿日期：2013年 2月 1日；修回日期：2013年 2月 10日；录用日期：2013年 2月 25日 摘 要：本文用琼脂糖水凝胶制作了插入损耗为?0.08 dB、在 30%~100% RH 相对湿度变化范围的光强变化为 15 dB的双包层单模光纤湿度传感器，在 25℃~34℃的不同温度条件下，检测了该传感器输出光强随相对湿度的 变化。根据饱和水汽压与温度的关系和实验结果，证实了被测气体相对湿度较