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Highly Sensitive Polymer Based Fabry-perot Interferometer For Temperature Sensing
Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters
  • Lashari G. Abbas
  • Farhan Mumtaz, Missouri University of Science and Technology
  • Yutang Dai
  • Ai Zhou
  • Wenbin Hu
  • Muhammad A. Ashraf
Abstract

—A highly sensitive temperature sensor based on a polymer cavity of a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) is experimentally demonstrated. The interferometer gives ease in fabrication, and it can be formed by the induction of a thermos-sensitive polymer layer in between two single mode fibers (SMFs). The polymer is used as an FPI cavity for temperature sensing. Due to high thermal expansion coefficient (TEC) and thermos-optic coefficient (TOC) of polymer make the interferometer highly sensitive to ambient temperature. The maximum temperature sensitivity of 2.2209 nm/◦ C for the polymer FPI cavity of 40.61 µm in the ambient temperature range of 28◦ C to 34◦ C is obtained. The proposed sensor shows the advantages of high sensitivity, compactness, simple fabrication, and low cost. Thus, it may become a part of various practical applications in the field of environmental science and engineering sciences.

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Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Publication Date
1-1-2021
Publication Date
01 Jan 2021
Citation Information
Lashari G. Abbas, Farhan Mumtaz, Yutang Dai, Ai Zhou, et al.. "Highly Sensitive Polymer Based Fabry-perot Interferometer For Temperature Sensing" Progress in Electromagnetics Research Letters Vol. 97 (2021) p. 87 - 94 ISSN: 1937-6480
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/farhan-mumtac/11/