POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR APPLICATIONS OF HIGHLY NEODYMIUM-DOPED CRYSTALS AND FIBER AT UP TO APPROXIMATELY 1000-DEGREES-C

Citation
Zy. Zhang et al., POTENTIAL FOR TEMPERATURE SENSOR APPLICATIONS OF HIGHLY NEODYMIUM-DOPED CRYSTALS AND FIBER AT UP TO APPROXIMATELY 1000-DEGREES-C, Review of scientific instruments, 68(7), 1997, pp. 2759-2763
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Applied","Instument & Instrumentation
ISSN journal
00346748
Volume
68
Issue
7
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2759 - 2763
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-6748(1997)68:7<2759:PFTSAO>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
This work reports on the thermographic characteristics and their poten tial for use, in fiber optic temperature sensors, of a range of neodym ium-doped materials. Their comparative value for low-cost, simple sens ors is discussed, using both crystalline materials in the bulk form an d a specimen of highly doped, multimode neodymium fiber. The effects o f annealing of the bulk materials are discussed in light of their suit ability for such sensor applications. (C) 1997 American Institute of P hysics.