SELF-REFERENCING RESONANT FIBER OPTIC INTENSITY SENSOR-BASED ON A MACH-ZEHNDER TOPOLOGY

Authors
BAPTISTA JM CAVALEIRO PM SANTOS JL
Citation
Jm. Baptista et al., SELF-REFERENCING RESONANT FIBER OPTIC INTENSITY SENSOR-BASED ON A MACH-ZEHNDER TOPOLOGY, Review of scientific instruments, 67(11), 1996, pp. 3788-3794
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
Journal title
Review of scientific instruments → ACNP
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
67
Issue
11
Year of publication
1996
Pages
3788 - 3794
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1996)67:11<3788:SRFOIS>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
An investigation is performed on the characteristics of the self-refer encing resonant fiber optic intensity based sensor supported by a Mach -Zehnder topology. Both transmissive and reflective configurations are analyzed. Via the definition of the measurement parameter (R paramete r) the linearity and sensitivity of the sensor are addressed. Theoreti cal and experimental results are compared. The problem of sensor desig n is under consideration. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.