Hydrogen and humidity sensing based on WGMs of elastic polymer optical microresonators

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2015

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Electromagnetics Academy

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info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess

Özet

We report hydrogen and humidity sensor employing elastic polymer (SU-8) optical microresonators. The sensing mechanism relies on the optical whispering gallery mode (WGM) resonance shifts in the transmission spectra of these microresonators. WGMs are excited through SU-8 waveguides in which a tunable laser light is coupled from an optical fiber. Relative humidity between 0 and 65% is detected at room temperature. For hydrogen sensing, the microresonators are coated with a thin layer of palladium (Pd) metal layer to increase the sensing performance. Hydrogen gas is detected reversibly between 0.3 and 1.5%. Hydrogen gas concentrations higher than 1.5% result irreversible degradation of the devices because of a phase transition occurring in the Pd layer.

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Brno University of Technology, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication, Department of Theoretical and Experimental Electrical Engineering;Brno University of Technology, SIX - Research Centre of Sensor, Information and Communication System;Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering (FBME), Department of Biomedical Technique;Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering (FEE), Department of EM Field;EMBS Chapter of the IEEE Czechoslovakia Section;et al.

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Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium

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2015-January

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