Toward a New Generation of Photonic Humidity Sensors

This review offers new perspectives on the subject and highlights an area in need of further research. It includes an analysis of current scientific literature mainly covering the last decade and examines the trends in the development of electronic, acoustic and optical-fiber humidity sensors over t...

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Published inSensors (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 3986 - 4013
Main Authors Kolpakov, Stanislav, Gordon, Neil, Mou, Chengbo, Zhou, Kaiming
Format Journal Article Book Review
LanguageEnglish
Published Switzerland MDPI AG 26.02.2014
MDPI
Subjects
acoustic
Acoustics
adsorption dynamic analysis
electronic
Electronics
Humidity
humidity sensor
Interrogation
optic
Optical fibers
Optics and Photonics - instrumentation
Photonics
Photons
relative humidity
Sensors
Trends
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ISSN1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI10.3390/s140303986

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Summary:This review offers new perspectives on the subject and highlights an area in need of further research. It includes an analysis of current scientific literature mainly covering the last decade and examines the trends in the development of electronic, acoustic and optical-fiber humidity sensors over this period. The major findings indicate that a new generation of sensor technology based on optical fibers is emerging. The current trends suggest that electronic humidity sensors could soon be replaced by sensors that are based on photonic structures. Recent scientific advances are expected to allow dedicated systems to avoid the relatively high price of interrogation modules that is currently a major disadvantage of fiber-based sensors.
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ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s140303986