Presentation
15 June 2023 Physisorbent-coated fiber optic sensors for near ambient leak detection of CH4 or CO2
Jeffrey Culp, Krista Bullard, Ki-Joong Kim, Ruishu Wright
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Abstract
Concerns over global climate change are driving the need for increased emission monitoring of greenhouse gases from various sources. As such, there is a need for new and improved sensing platforms capable of remote interrogation over large geographical areas with varied terrain, large-scale infrastructure, or in areas not accessible to conventional sensing technologies. One sensing platform which is well-suited to these niche applications is a waveguide-based optical fiber sensor. The application of a physical sorbent coating to the optical fiber provides a remote and reversible sensing mechanism where absorption of the analyte gas into the coating induces a change in transmitted power due to a change in the refractive index of the coating. Advances in the development of moisture-resistant refractive index-based fiber optic gas sensors which operate at near-infrared wavelengths will be presented, as well as the results on coating optimization.
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Jeffrey Culp, Krista Bullard, Ki-Joong Kim, and Ruishu Wright "Physisorbent-coated fiber optic sensors for near ambient leak detection of CH4 or CO2", Proc. SPIE 12532, Optical Waveguide and Laser Sensors II, 1253209 (15 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2665073
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KEYWORDS
Carbon dioxide

Fiber optics sensors

Remote sensing

Sensors

Coating

Optical fibers

Gases

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