In this paper we report methane gas photonic sensors exploiting the principle of absorption-induced redirection of light propagation in coupled resonant cavities. In particular, an example of implemented architecture consists of a Fabry–Pérot (FP) resonator coupled to a fibre ring resonator, operating in the near IR. By changing the concentration of the methane gas in the FP region, the absorption coefficient of the FP changes. In turn, the variation of the methane gas concentration allows the redirection of the light propagation in the fibre ring resonator. Then, the methane gas concentration can be evaluated by analysing the ratio between the powers of two resonant modes, counter-propagating in the fibre ring resonator. In this way, a self-referenced read-out scheme, immune to the power fluctuations of the source, has been conceived. Moreover, a sensitivity of 0.37 ± 0.04 [dB/%], defined as the ratio between resonant modes at different outputs, in a range of methane concentration included between the 0% and 5%, has been achieved. These results allow a detection limit below the lower explosive limit (LEL) to be reached with a cost-effective sensor system.

Methane Gas Photonic Sensor Based on Resonant Coupled Cavities / Campanella, Carlo Edoardo; De Carlo, Martino; Cuccovillo, Antonello; De Leonardis, Francesco; Passaro, Vittorio M. N.. - In: SENSORS. - ISSN 1424-8220. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:23(2019). [10.3390/s19235171]

Methane Gas Photonic Sensor Based on Resonant Coupled Cavities

Carlo Edoardo Campanella;Martino De Carlo
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Francesco De Leonardis
Membro del Collaboration Group
;
Vittorio M. N. Passaro
2019-01-01

Abstract

In this paper we report methane gas photonic sensors exploiting the principle of absorption-induced redirection of light propagation in coupled resonant cavities. In particular, an example of implemented architecture consists of a Fabry–Pérot (FP) resonator coupled to a fibre ring resonator, operating in the near IR. By changing the concentration of the methane gas in the FP region, the absorption coefficient of the FP changes. In turn, the variation of the methane gas concentration allows the redirection of the light propagation in the fibre ring resonator. Then, the methane gas concentration can be evaluated by analysing the ratio between the powers of two resonant modes, counter-propagating in the fibre ring resonator. In this way, a self-referenced read-out scheme, immune to the power fluctuations of the source, has been conceived. Moreover, a sensitivity of 0.37 ± 0.04 [dB/%], defined as the ratio between resonant modes at different outputs, in a range of methane concentration included between the 0% and 5%, has been achieved. These results allow a detection limit below the lower explosive limit (LEL) to be reached with a cost-effective sensor system.
2019
Methane Gas Photonic Sensor Based on Resonant Coupled Cavities / Campanella, Carlo Edoardo; De Carlo, Martino; Cuccovillo, Antonello; De Leonardis, Francesco; Passaro, Vittorio M. N.. - In: SENSORS. - ISSN 1424-8220. - ELETTRONICO. - 19:23(2019). [10.3390/s19235171]
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