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A sensor that uses thin optical fibers to carry light to and from a location to be probed. In performing the sensing, light can be lost from the...


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Figure 1.Intensity fiber-optic sensors. (a) Pressure. (b) Liquid-level. (c) Remote detection. (d) Encoder. (e) Sensitized-tip. (f) Microbend.
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Figure 2.Fiber gyro based on the Sagnac effect. (a) Configuration. (b) Cross section of polarization-preserving fiber.
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Figure 3.Interferometric sensor based on Mach-Zehnder interferometer. (a) Configuration. (b) Cross section of fiber used in acoustic sensors, (c) magnetic sensors, and (d) electric sensors.
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