A Novel Technique for Optical Fiber pH Sensing Based on Methylene Blue Adsorption

Bruno J.C. Deboux; Elfed Lewis; Patricia J. Scully; Robert Edwards

doi:10.1109/50.400705

A Novel Technique for Optical Fiber pH Sensing Based on Methylene Blue Adsorption

Bruno J.C. Deboux, Elfed Lewis, Patricia J. Scully, Robert Edwards

Liverpool John Moores University

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Abstract

A novel fiber optic pH sensor is reported. The sensor is based upon surfacic adsorption of methylene blue dye, producing absorption in the evanescent field surrounding the sensing fiber. The sensor is based upon a 200 μm diameter Plastic Clad Silica (PCS) fiber which has its cladding removed in order to expose its core. The linear range of operation is between pH 3 and pH 9 and its response time is considerably shorter than indicator based probes which measure spectral changes of pH sensitive chemicals. Effects of measurand ionic strength are shown to be negligible which is a further important advantage of this sensor over other optical fiber pH sensors. The sensor design is sufficiently flexible to allow it to be configured in probe (reflective) or in-line (transmissive) form. The latter allows the application of time domain reflectometry technique which may be used to achieve multipoint (distributed) sensing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1407-1414
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	13
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/50.400705 https://doi.org/10.1109/50.400705
Publication status	Published - Jul 1995
Externally published	Yes

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