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High Quality Factor Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator for Sensing Applications
IEEE Sensors Journal
  • Mohammed Farhan Ahmed
  • Ting Xue
  • Bin Wu
  • Jie Huang, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Abstract

This paper describes a novel coaxial cable Fabry-Perot resonator for sensing applications. The sensor is fabricated by creating two highly reflective mirrors in a coaxial cable. The device physics was discussed. The temperature response of the sensor was tested. The temperature measurement is achieved by monitoring the frequency shift of the reflection and transmission spectra as the temperature is increased linearly in steps of 5 °C from 35 °C to 80 °C. This sensor exhibited high temperature sensitivity and measurement resolution. The high quality factor of this sensor leads to high measurement resolution. Highest Q factor of 133 was recorded. It has been derived that the Q factor decreases as the frequency increases.

Department(s)
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Sponsor(s)
Missouri Research Foundation
Comments
This work was supported by the Missouri Research Foundation.
Keywords and Phrases
  • Cables,
  • Coaxial cables,
  • Q factor measurement,
  • Resonators,
  • Temperature measurement, Coaxial cable sensors,
  • Fabry-Perot resonators,
  • High temperature sensitivity,
  • Measurement resolution,
  • Quality factors,
  • Reflection and transmission,
  • Sensing applications,
  • Temperature response, Fabry-Perot interferometers
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
5-1-2017
Publication Date
01 May 2017
Citation Information
Mohammed Farhan Ahmed, Ting Xue, Bin Wu and Jie Huang. "High Quality Factor Coaxial Cable Fabry-Perot Resonator for Sensing Applications" IEEE Sensors Journal Vol. 17 Iss. 10 (2017) p. 3052 - 3057 ISSN: 1530-437X; 1558-1748
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jie-huang/50/