Planar waveguide water state sensor allowing detection of supercooling
Planar waveguide water state sensor allowing detection of supercooling
A sensor believed to be the first truly integrated optical sensor demonstrating the detection of the liquid-solid phase transition of water is presented. The condensation, freezing, melting and evaporation of water are all detected with a planar silica Bragg grating operating in the 1.5 micron telecommunications window. Additionally, use of the sensor allows recognition of supercooled liquid at temperatures below the melting point of water.
The device is fabricated by direct UV writing with simultaneous definition of the grating, a method inherently suited to integration with other technologies. The Bragg grating is exposed and water is allowed to condense over it. Interaction with the evanescent field causes small changes in effective index (5x10-6) which can be detected, a sufficient sensitivity to identify the phase transitions of water clearly.
Sparrow, I.J.G.
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Emmerson, G.D.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Sparrow, I.J.G.
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Smith, Peter G.R.
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Sparrow, I.J.G., Emmerson, G.D. and Smith, Peter G.R.
(2005)
Planar waveguide water state sensor allowing detection of supercooling.
12th European Conference on Integrated Optics. ECIO 2005, Grenoble, France.
06 - 08 Apr 2005.
4 pp
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A sensor believed to be the first truly integrated optical sensor demonstrating the detection of the liquid-solid phase transition of water is presented. The condensation, freezing, melting and evaporation of water are all detected with a planar silica Bragg grating operating in the 1.5 micron telecommunications window. Additionally, use of the sensor allows recognition of supercooled liquid at temperatures below the melting point of water.
The device is fabricated by direct UV writing with simultaneous definition of the grating, a method inherently suited to integration with other technologies. The Bragg grating is exposed and water is allowed to condense over it. Interaction with the evanescent field causes small changes in effective index (5x10-6) which can be detected, a sufficient sensitivity to identify the phase transitions of water clearly.
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Published date: 2005
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12th European Conference on Integrated Optics. ECIO 2005, Grenoble, France, 2005-04-06 - 2005-04-08
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