Quasi-distributed chemical sensing using telecommunications grade fibre is reported for the first time. Using graded index fibre, an etched cavity at each fibre tip is filled with sol-gel-derived-silica in which an analyte-sensitive reagent is entrapped. A standard optical time domain reflectometer system, interrogating three such sensors based on a pH sensitive NIR absorbing dye was used to prove the principle of this approach
Published in:
Electronics Letters
(Volume:33
,
Issue:
7
)
Date of Publication: 27 Mar 1997