Short-range non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors
Short-range non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors
Existing sensing technologies lack the ability to spatially resolve multiple sources of water or humidity without relying on the deployment of numerous inline sensors. A fully distributed approach has the potential to unlock a diverse range of applications, such as humidity mapping and liquid-depth measurements. We have explored a new direction toward what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors. This new class of sensors was made possible from the first combination of small-core exposed-core fiber, a hydrophilic polyelectrolyte multilayer coating, and coherent optical frequency-domain reflectometry. Their non-bending nature enables deployment in a wider range of environments compared to the bending type based on water-induced fiber bending. The sensing mechanism involves monitoring back-reflected optical signals created by changes in the local reflectivity due to water-induced reduction in the local refractive-index of the coating. The demonstrated average sensitivity of the sensing fiber with 10.0 bilayer polyelectrolyte multilayer coating to relative humidity varies from 0.060 to 0.001/%RH (0-38 cm distance) within a dynamic range of 26-95%RH. The distance-dependent detection limit varies between 0.3-10.0%RH (0-38 cm distance), and the spatial resolution of 4.6 mm is the smallest demonstrated for exposed-core fibers and can be vastly improved by simply broadening the swept range. The response time is 4-6 s, and the recovery time is 3-5 s. The sensing range (i.e., distance) is -0.5 m, which is more suitable for water-depth monitoring.
Distributed, exposed core, frequency, humidity, hygrometer, OFDR, optical fiber, polyelectrolyte coating, reflectometry, sensor, water
2014-2022
Chen, George Y.
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Wu, Xuan
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Schartner, Erik P.
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Shahnia, Soroush
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Hebert, Nicolas Bourbeau
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Yu, Li
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Liu, Xiaokong
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Shahraam, Afshar V.
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Newson, Trevor P.
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Xu, Haolan
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Lancaster, David G.
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Monro, Tanya M.
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1 May 2019
Chen, George Y.
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Wu, Xuan
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Schartner, Erik P.
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Shahnia, Soroush
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Hebert, Nicolas Bourbeau
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Yu, Li
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Liu, Xiaokong
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Shahraam, Afshar V.
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Newson, Trevor P.
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Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike
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Xu, Haolan
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Lancaster, David G.
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Monro, Tanya M.
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Chen, George Y., Wu, Xuan, Schartner, Erik P., Shahnia, Soroush, Hebert, Nicolas Bourbeau, Yu, Li, Liu, Xiaokong, Shahraam, Afshar V., Newson, Trevor P., Ebendorff-Heidepriem, Heike, Xu, Haolan, Lancaster, David G. and Monro, Tanya M.
(2019)
Short-range non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors.
Journal of Lightwave Technology, 37 (9), , [8639067].
(doi:10.1109/JLT.2019.2897346).
Abstract
Existing sensing technologies lack the ability to spatially resolve multiple sources of water or humidity without relying on the deployment of numerous inline sensors. A fully distributed approach has the potential to unlock a diverse range of applications, such as humidity mapping and liquid-depth measurements. We have explored a new direction toward what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first non-bending fully distributed water/humidity sensors. This new class of sensors was made possible from the first combination of small-core exposed-core fiber, a hydrophilic polyelectrolyte multilayer coating, and coherent optical frequency-domain reflectometry. Their non-bending nature enables deployment in a wider range of environments compared to the bending type based on water-induced fiber bending. The sensing mechanism involves monitoring back-reflected optical signals created by changes in the local reflectivity due to water-induced reduction in the local refractive-index of the coating. The demonstrated average sensitivity of the sensing fiber with 10.0 bilayer polyelectrolyte multilayer coating to relative humidity varies from 0.060 to 0.001/%RH (0-38 cm distance) within a dynamic range of 26-95%RH. The distance-dependent detection limit varies between 0.3-10.0%RH (0-38 cm distance), and the spatial resolution of 4.6 mm is the smallest demonstrated for exposed-core fibers and can be vastly improved by simply broadening the swept range. The response time is 4-6 s, and the recovery time is 3-5 s. The sensing range (i.e., distance) is -0.5 m, which is more suitable for water-depth monitoring.
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Accepted/In Press date: 1 February 2019
e-pub ahead of print date: 11 February 2019
Published date: 1 May 2019
Keywords:
Distributed, exposed core, frequency, humidity, hygrometer, OFDR, optical fiber, polyelectrolyte coating, reflectometry, sensor, water
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Local EPrints ID: 430946
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/430946
ISSN: 0733-8724
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George Y. Chen
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Xuan Wu
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Erik P. Schartner
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Soroush Shahnia
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Nicolas Bourbeau Hebert
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Li Yu
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Xiaokong Liu
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Afshar V. Shahraam
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Heike Ebendorff-Heidepriem
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Haolan Xu
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David G. Lancaster
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Tanya M. Monro
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