Comparative analysis of the DFB fiber laser and fiber-optic interferometric strain sensors [PDF]
The DFB fiber laser strain sensor is shown to provide an improvement in the minimum detectable length change by a factor of 275 at 2 kHz for an applied strain when compared with an interferometric sensor interrogated by at equivalent DFB laser.
C. K. Kirkendall +5 more
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Key technology system of fiber optic sensing for intelligent coal mining
Intelligent perception is the primary link in intelligent coal mining, providing data support for intelligent decision-making and control. Fiber optic sensing technology provides a solution for intelligent perception in coal mining due to its advantages ...
FANG Xinqiu +5 more
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Fiber-optic chemical sensing with Langmuir-Blodgett overlay waveguides [PDF]
Fiber-optic chemical sensing has been demonstrated with a side-polished single- mode optical fiber, evanescently coupled to chemically sensitive Langmuir- Blodgett (LB) overlay waveguides.
Tatam, Ralph P. +3 more
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Polarization properties of interferometrically interrogated fiber Bragg grating and tandem-interferometer strain sensors [PDF]
Lead sensitivity in low-coherence interferometric fiber-optic sensors is a well-known problem. It can lead to a severe degradation in the sensor resolution and accuracy through its effect on the fringe visibility and interferometric phase.
Flockhart, G M H +2 more
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Intraluminal Monitoring of Micro Vessels. A Surgical Feasibility Study
Objective: Monitoring of vessel perfusion is of high clinical importance in vascular anastomosis of free flaps. Current sensor systems are based on different principles and show limitations in validity and accuracy.
Leonard Walle +3 more
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Radio-frequency ring resonators for self-referencing fiber-optic intensity sensors [PDF]
A theoretical and experimental study of radiofrequency ring resonators (RR) for referencing and improving the sensitivity of fiber-optic intensity sensors (FOS) is reported.
Contreras Lallana, Pedro +2 more
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This paper proposes a POI displacement estimation method based on the functional optical fiber sensor and the phase modulation principle to improve the POI displacement estimation accuracy. First, the relation between the object deformation and the optic
Li Yujie, Zhang Ming, Zhu Yu
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Efficient fiber Bragg grating and fiber Fabry-Pe'rot sensor multiplexing scheme using a broadband pulsed mode-locked laser [PDF]
A pulsed broadband mode-locked laser (MLL) combined with interferometric interrogation is shown to yield an efficient means of multiplexing a large number of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) or fiber Fabry-Perot (FFP) strain sensors with high performance ...
Flockhart, G M H +2 more
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Fiber loop ringdown (FLRD) utilizes an inexpensive telecommunications light source, a photodiode, and a section of single-mode fiber to form a uniform fiber optic sensor platform for sensing various quantities, such as pressure, temperature, strain ...
Chuji Wang
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High performance architecture design for large scale fibre-optic sensor arrays using distributed EDFAs and hybrid TDM/DWDM [PDF]
A distributed amplified dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) array architecture is presented for interferometric fibre optic sensor array systems. This architecture employs a distributed erbium doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) scheme to decrease the
Kingsley, S.A. +4 more
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