Optical waveguides – Optical waveguide sensor
Patent
1996-09-09
1998-10-27
Sanghavi, Hemang
Optical waveguides
Optical waveguide sensor
385 13, 25022716, 25022725, 250301, 73293, G07B 600, G01J 104
Patent
active
058287981
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides methods and apparatus for inexpensively and accurately sensing with the use of a fiber optic guide the presence or absence of a particular substance ("analyte"). The preferred embodiment of the sensor of the present invention comprises a light source, a photodetector, and a loop shaped plastic fiber that is exposed to the environment and that acts as a sensing element. In the preferred embodiment, the loop comprises a partial ellipse and the angles at which the light enters and exits a sensing zone is defined by the tangents to the elliptical arc. In the preferred embodiment, the fiber optic guide comprises a core and a cladding, either of which are coated with a coating that is selected to decompose in the presence of the analyte. The coating is selected to have an index of refraction just above or greater than the core, causing an increase in the amount of light that is detected when the analyte is present.
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