An optical fiber probe for humidity monitoring based on a new reflection sensing technique for detecting thermal lens is proposed This sensing probe is based on the technique, which is originally developed in our earlier work Due to the reflection...
Y Okamoto   M Kurobe   A Yarai   T Nakanishi   
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS 44(9A) 6820-6822 2005年9月 [査読有り]
Methods to achieve ultra-high-sensitivity measurement of metal thin-film thickness by photothermal mirage detection are proposed. These methods apply 1), sample surface coating and 2) a semi-cylindrical lens for pumping beam focusing. Consequently...
An optical fiber humidity sensor based on a thermal lens detection technique is proposed. This sensor allows us to measure humidity without special treatment of the clad of optical fiber in spite of a certain optical absorption path-length under 5...
Y Okamoto   A Yarai   T Nakanishi   
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS & REVIEW PAPERS 44(6B) 4394-4398 2005年6月 [査読有り]
An effective and stable method to enhance the sensitivity for photothermal measurements was proposed. The effectiveness of our method was proven by measuring the thickness of metal thin-film samples. It features sample surface coatings to improve ...