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Optical fiber sensors - Presentation

Author: Jean-Claude FESTINGER

Publication date: March 10, 2007

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1. Definitions

1.1 Fiber optic sensors

According to the standard definition , a fiber optic sensor is a device in which information is created in the optical path by the reaction of light with the quantity to be measured, before being routed to the optical receiver via one or more optical fibers.

It enables us to collect information representative of the quantities measured, with no energy input other than that of the phenomena observed and/or the light waves circulating in the fiber(s). The optical path is therefore not passive,...

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