Fabrication and comparison of thermochromic material-based fiber-optic sensors for monitoring the temperature of water |
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Authors: | Wook Jae Yoo Jeong Ki Seo Kyoung Won Jang Ji Yeon Heo Jin Soo Moon Jang-Yeon Park Byung Gi Park and Bongsoo Lee |
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Institution: | (1) School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK |
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Abstract: | In this study, we explored the feasibility of developing two types of fiber-optic temperature sensors that can measure the
temperature of water. One uses a thermochromic material such as Lophine, whose optical absorbance changes according to the
thermal variation. The other uses a thermochromic pigment that gradually loses its own color through heat absorption. We measured
the change in the intensity of the reflected light, which was due to the variation of the optical property of Lophine and
pigments, with thermal variation. The relationship between the temperature of water and the output signal of the fiber-optic
sensors was also determined. The fiber-optic temperature sensor using Lophine provided a relatively broad range of temperature
measurement with low sensitivity, whereas the fiber-optic temperature sensor using a thermochromic pigment offered a high
sensitivity in a narrow range of temperature measurement. |
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