Real-time optical fiber sensing of phytoplankton for studies in size distribution, concentration, and biomass

Robert K Y Chan; Ce Chen; S. K. Cheng

Real-time optical fiber sensing of phytoplankton for studies in size distribution, concentration, and biomass

Robert K Y Chan^*, Ce Chen, S. K. Cheng

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Physics

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Abstract

An optical fiber laser-Doppler system has ben developed to detect both the laser-induced-fluorescence (LIF) signal and the laser-Doppler signal of phytoplankton traversing through a measurement volume. From the two measurement, the size distribution, concentration, biomass, and the amount of chlorophyll present can be determined. Our apparatus have demonstrated successfully that it can resolve distinctly the size distribution of two species of phytoplankton (Chlorella and Scenedesmus). For phytoplankton, these two species do not have mark differences in size, one being less than 10 μm while the other is approximately 25 μm, and yet our measurement gave very satisfactory results. The result obtained clearly indicates that our optical system can produce accurate and liable size measurement and is suitable to be further develop into a practical in situ field instrument.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Pages	49-57
Number of pages	9
Publication status	Published - 1995
Event	Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Fiber Sensors VII - Munich, Ger Duration: 19 Jun 1995 → 20 Jun 1995

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume	2508
ISSN (Print)	0277-786X

Conference

Conference	Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Fiber Sensors VII
City	Munich, Ger
Period	19/06/95 → 20/06/95

Scopus Subject Areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Applied Mathematics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Real-time optical fiber sensing of phytoplankton for studies in size distribution, concentration, and biomass. / Chan, Robert K Y; Chen, Ce; Cheng, S. K.
Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. 1995. p. 49-57 (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; Vol. 2508).

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Real-time optical fiber sensing of phytoplankton for studies in size distribution, concentration, and biomass

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