Near-UV LED-based systems for low-cost and compact oxygen-sensing systems in gas and liquids

With this work we report on the design, development and testing of near UV LED-based systems for oxygen gas sensing. The design and developed system is an optoelectronic setup based on 405 nm LEDs which excites and measures the photoluminescence emitted from a porphyrin based luminophor. By means of an accurate optical and optoelectronic setup, the system is able to operate without the need of avalanche photodiodes, thus resulting in a compact and low energy structure. The optical setup is specifically designed to maximize both the LED light exciting the luminophor and converted light acquired from the sensor.