TY - GEN
T1 - Monitoring of fluid evaporation using fiber-optic micro-cells
AU - Preter, Eyal
AU - Preloznik, Borut
AU - Sukenik, Chaim N.
AU - Donlagic, Denis
AU - Zadok, Avi
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - The monitoring of fluid evaporation from within fiber-optic micro-cells is proposed and demonstrated. The evaporation process is accompanied by a pronounced temporary attenuation in the transmission of light through the micro-cell, by as much as 50 dB. The temporal attenuation profiles observed for acetone, ethanol and hexane are distinctly different. Temporal attenuation measurements can therefore allow for the identification of fluids based on their physical properties, rather than their refractive indices. The evaporation of fluid mixtures is monitored as well.
AB - The monitoring of fluid evaporation from within fiber-optic micro-cells is proposed and demonstrated. The evaporation process is accompanied by a pronounced temporary attenuation in the transmission of light through the micro-cell, by as much as 50 dB. The temporal attenuation profiles observed for acetone, ethanol and hexane are distinctly different. Temporal attenuation measurements can therefore allow for the identification of fluids based on their physical properties, rather than their refractive indices. The evaporation of fluid mixtures is monitored as well.
KW - Fiber-optic micro-cavities
KW - Fiber-optics sensors
KW - Fluid evaporation monitoring
KW - Micro-machined optical fibers
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84875616426&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1117/12.975056
DO - 10.1117/12.975056
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SN - 9780819491039
T3 - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
BT - 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors
T2 - 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors
Y2 - 15 October 2012 through 19 October 2012
ER -