Humidity responsivity of CYTOP-XYLEX fibre Bragg grating sensors

A. Ioannou; A. Pospori; K. Kalli

doi:10.1117/12.2664544

30 May 2023 Humidity responsivity of CYTOP-XYLEX fibre Bragg grating sensors

A. Ioannou, A. Pospori, K. Kalli

Proceedings Volume 12573, Specialty Optical Fibres; 1257304 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664544
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2023, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

CYTOP-XYLEX fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors’ response to relative humidity (RH) changes is investigated in this work. The intensive research on CYTOP polymer optical fibre sensors relies on their lower optical attenuation compared with the standard poly(methyl) methacrylate (PMMA) based polymer optical fibre sensors. However, CYTOP is a hydrophobic polymer and cannot be used as a standalone material in humidity-sensing applications. A hydrophilic material is required to be used as fibre over-cladding for RH detection; the water swelling occurring in the over-cladding material can strain the FBG structure located in the CYTOP core. In this work, a novel CYTOP fibre with a XYLEX over-cladding material is used to investigate the humidity responsivity of FBG sensors. A femtosecond laser system and the plane-by-plane inscription method were utilised to fabricate the FBG sensors through the fibre over-cladding. The FBG sensors were placed in a climatic chamber with controlled temperature and RH, and their response to RH changes was monitored. The RH sensitivity was evaluated for different temperatures. The results show that the RH sensitivity increases with temperature, whereas the reported RH sensitivity of PMMA-based sensors decreases with temperature. We also report that by applying a pre-strain on the fibre, the RH sensitivity can be eliminated for cross-sensitivity compensation purposes.

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A. Ioannou, A. Pospori, and K. Kalli "Humidity responsivity of CYTOP-XYLEX fibre Bragg grating sensors", Proc. SPIE 12573, Specialty Optical Fibres, 1257304 (30 May 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2664544

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