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A compact fiber-optic diode-laser sensor system for measuring relative humidity is studied. In such a system, a distributed feedback laser lasing near 1877 nm is used as light source while a high-precision Pt resistance as temperature sensor, an accuracy of 0.1% relative-humidity can be achieved. The laser sensor system is able to lock to the absorption peak and calculate the density of water vapor without any additional reference measurements. Using programs built in to the microcontroller unit, the laser system can switch functions between direct measurement at high density and second-harmonic detection at low density. The system can switch between the two modes automatically and work in a wide dynamic range.
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Sun, K., Xie, L., Ju, Y. et al. Compact fiber-optic diode-laser sensor system for wide-dynamicrange relative humidity measurement. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56, 3486–3492 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-011-4710-x
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