title: Smart textile plasmonic fiber dew sensors.
abstract: We propose a novel Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR)-based sensor that detects dew formation in optical fiber-based smart textiles. The proposed SPR sensor facilitates the observation of two phenomena: condensation of moisture and evaporation of water molecules in air. This sensor detects dew formation in less than 0.25 s, and determines dew point temperature with an accuracy of 4%. It can be used to monitor water layer depth changes during dew formation and evaporation in the range of a plasmon depth probe, i.e., 250 nm, with a resolution of 7 nm. Further, it facilitates estimation of the relative humidity of a medium over a dynamic range of 30% to 70% by measuring the evaporation time via the plasmon depth probe.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Esmaeilzadeh
authors.forename: Maxime
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivard
authors.forename: Ezatollah
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Arzi
authors.forename: François
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Légaré
authors.forename: Alireza
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hassani