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Humidity and Temperature Response Characteristics of Optical Fiber Dislocation Fusion Sensor Coated with Graphene Quantum Dots

  • Dailin Li (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Xiaodan Yu (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Ning Wang (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Wenting Liu (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Shiqi Liu (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Liang Xu (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Dong Fang (College of Science, China University of Petroleum (East China)) ;
  • Huapeng Yu (National Innovation Institute of Defense Technology)
  • Received : 2023.05.15
  • Accepted : 2023.08.10
  • Published : 2023.10.25
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Abstract

An optical fiber dislocation fusion humidity sensor coated with graphene quantum dots is investigated. A Mach-Zehnder interferometer is fabricated with three dislocated single-mode fibers with graphene quantum dots coating humidity-sensitive materials. Humidity response experiments showed a good linear response and high sensitivity with easy fabrication and low-cost materials. From 22% to 98% RH, the humidity response sensitivity of the sensor is 0.24 dB/% RH, with 0.9825 linearity. To investigate the cross-response of humidity and temperature, temperature response experiments are conducted. From 30 ℃ to 70 ℃, the results showed 0.02 dB/℃ sensitivity and 0.9824 linearity. The humidity response experimental curve is compared with the temperature experimental curve. The big difference between humidity sensitivity and temperature sensitivity is very helpful to solve the cross-response of humidity and temperature. The influence of temperature fluctuations in humidity measurements is not obvious.

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The Key Deployment Project of the Ocean Science Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (COM-S2020J11); National Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Undergraduates (No. 202211033).

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