Study of ammonia and nitric oxide sensing performance of a Fabry-Perot interferometer

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Abstract

In this work we report the performance of a fiber optic sensor towards ammonia and nitric oxide detection. The device is based on a Fabry-Perot interferometer which is fabricated by coating the tip of an optical fiber by means of sputtering with tin oxide (SnO2). The main advantage of this structure is its small size, which offers the possibility of making point to point measurements. Besides, this kind of optical devices enables working with the wavelength detection method in the UV-VIS-NIR range. The device was tested at room temperature under nitrogen flow with different concentrations of ammonia or nitric oxide in order to obtain the response of the sensor. The maximum sensitivity for ammonia concentration ranging from 0 ppm to 500 ppm is 4 pm/ppm, whereas wavelength shift while changing nitric oxide concentration from 0 to 375 ppb was 1.2 nm, which corresponds to a sensitivity of 10pm/ppb.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE SENSORS 2017 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781509010127
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event16th IEEE SENSORS Conference, ICSENS 2017 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 30 Oct 20171 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2017-December
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference16th IEEE SENSORS Conference, ICSENS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period30/10/171/11/17

Keywords

  • Fabry-Perot interferometer
  • ammonia
  • nitric oxide
  • optical fiber gas sensor
  • thin film
  • tin oxide

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