Large dynamic range electronically scanned "white-light" interferometer with optical fiber Young's structure

Steve Chen; Alan J. Rogers; B. T. Meggitt

doi:10.1117/12.45980

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1 August 1991 Large dynamic range electronically scanned "white-light" interferometer with optical fiber Young's structure

Steve Chen; Alan J. Rogers; B. T. Meggitt

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Proceedings Volume 1511, Fiber Optic Sensors: Engineering and Applications; (1991) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45980
Event: ECO4 (The Hague '91), 1991, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

A novel optical-fiber version of Young's interferometer using a low coherent light source and a linear CCD detector is described. With its unique, simple structure, this interferometer greatly reduces the spatial coherence mismatch from which other electronically scanned 'white-light' interferometers suffer. Experimental results are presented for the use of this interferometer as a strain or temperature sensor with large dynamic range.

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Steve Chen, Alan J. Rogers, and B. T. Meggitt "Large dynamic range electronically scanned "white-light" interferometer with optical fiber Young's structure", Proc. SPIE 1511, Fiber Optic Sensors: Engineering and Applications, (1 August 1991); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.45980

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