Title :
A new signal processing technique for interferometric fiber-optic sensors
Author :
Jianxun Fang ; Taylor, H.F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA
Abstract :
A new signal processing technique using a frequency modulated semiconductor laser maintains high accuracy even using inexpensive multimode Fabry-Perot lasers. The application of this technique is reported in temperature measurement with a fiber Fabry-Perot sensing head.
Keywords :
fibre optic sensors; frequency modulation; light interferometers; measurement errors; optical information processing; optical modulation; semiconductor lasers; temperature measurement; temperature sensors; fiber Fabry-Perot sensing head; frequency modulated semiconductor laser; high accuracy; inexpensive multimode Fabry-Perot lasers; interferometric fiber-optic sensors; signal processing technique; temperature measurement; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Laser modes; Laser transitions; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber sensors; Optical interferometry; Signal processing; Strips; Voltage;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-582-X
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.766390
