Title :
Compensation for surface contamination in a D-fiber evanescent wave methane sensor
Author :
Jin, W. ; Stewart, G. ; Wilkinson, M. ; Culshaw, B. ; Muhammad, F. ; Murray, S. ; Norris, J.O.W.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
fDate :
6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The effects of surface contamination on the performance of a D-fiber evanescent wave methane sensor are discussed. Contamination on the flat surface of the D-fiber will modify both the scale factor of the methane detection system and the birefringence of the D-fiber. The birefringence variation can be monitored and used to compensate for the scale factor variation, through one of the two compensation models which will be described in the text. The models are found to be fairly accurate, and for the D-fiber used in our experimental tests, the maximum relative error for scale factor correction is about ±5%, for both models
Keywords :
birefringence; compensation; fibre optic sensors; gas sensors; modelling; surface contamination; D-fiber evanescent wave methane sensor; birefringence; compensation; compensation models; flat surface; gas sensors; maximum relative error; methane detection system; scale factor; scale factor correction; surface contamination; Absorption; Birefringence; Fabry-Perot; Laboratories; Optical fiber polarization; Optical surface waves; Power engineering and energy; Surface contamination; Surface waves; Tin;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
