Macrobending in a fiber optic interferometric sensor for displacement and weight measurement

S. Thomas Lee; V. P. N. Nampoori; C. P. G. Vallabhan; Periasamy Radhakrishnan

doi:10.1117/12.468368

11 March 2003 Macrobending in a fiber optic interferometric sensor for displacement and weight measurement

S. Thomas Lee, V. P. N. Nampoori, C. P. G. Vallabhan, Periasamy Radhakrishnan

Proceedings Volume 4946, Transducing Materials and Devices; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.468368
Event: Photonics Fabrication Europe, 2002, Bruges, Belgium

Abstract

Macrobending in optical fibers causes reduction in the amplitude of the light signal that passes through them. But in this manuscript we present details of using such a macrobend single mode optical fiber in the Mach-Zehnder interferometer configuration to measure displacement or force.

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S. Thomas Lee, V. P. N. Nampoori, C. P. G. Vallabhan, and Periasamy Radhakrishnan "Macrobending in a fiber optic interferometric sensor for displacement and weight measurement", Proc. SPIE 4946, Transducing Materials and Devices, (11 March 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.468368

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