An intrinsic optical-fiber position sensor with schemes for temperature compensation and resolution enhancement

被引:17
作者
Chen, SP
Meggitt, BT
Palmer, AW
Grattan, KTV
Pinnock, RA
机构
[1] CITY UNIV LONDON,DEPT ELECT ELECT & INFORMAT ENGN,LONDON EC1V 0HB,ENGLAND
[2] LUCAS AUTOMOT LTD,ADV ENGN CTR,SOUHULL B90 4JJ,W MIDLANDS,ENGLAND
基金
英国工程与自然科学研究理事会;
关键词
optical-fiber sensors; position sensors; white-light interferometry;
D O I
10.1109/50.554376
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
This paper presents an optical fiber based position monitoring system, incorporating a high birefringent optical fiber and white-light interferometry. The effects of temperature variation are largely eliminated using a scheme of detecting the ''relative position within the stroke.'' A fringe-order identification technique employing two or more broad-band sources is described which can be used to enhance the resolution of the position detection.
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页码:261 / 266
页数:6
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