Fibre optic temperature and humidity sensors for harsh wastewater environments

We create packaged fibre Bragg grating (FBG) sensors to measure temperature and humidity in wastewater environments. We show that FBGs can be laser written through a polyimide coated fibre using a point-by-point technique with a relative humidity (RH) sensitivity of 1.3 pm / %RH.

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