Research Progress on F-P Interference—Based Fiber-Optic Sensors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Basic Principle of Operation
2.1. The Principle
2.2. Experimental Setup
3. Experiment Results and Discussions of Various Sensing Applications
3.1. Simple Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensor Based on Wavelength Interrogation [48]
3.2. Fiber-Optic Sensors for Small Displacement Measurement [50]
3.3. Temperature-Insensitive Sensor for RI Measurement of Liquid [51]
3.4. Fiber Optic F-P Interferometric Sensor for RI Measurement of Solid [52]
4. Conclusions and Outlook
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Huang, Y.W.; Tao, J.; Huang, X.G. Research Progress on F-P Interference—Based Fiber-Optic Sensors. Sensors 2016, 16, 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091424
Huang YW, Tao J, Huang XG. Research Progress on F-P Interference—Based Fiber-Optic Sensors. Sensors. 2016; 16(9):1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091424
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Yi Wen, Jin Tao, and Xu Guang Huang. 2016. "Research Progress on F-P Interference—Based Fiber-Optic Sensors" Sensors 16, no. 9: 1424. https://doi.org/10.3390/s16091424