Temperature-immune self-referencing Fabry–Pérot cavity sensors [ US Patent 11204468 ]
US Patent 11204468 (11,204,468)
Issued date: 21 Dec 2021
Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
Abstract
A passive microscopic Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (FPI) sensor includes an optical fiber a three-dimensional microscopic optical structure formed on a cleaved tip of an optical fighter that reflects a light signal back through the optical fiber. The reflected light is altered by refractive index changes in the three-dimensional structure that is subject to at least one of: (i) thermal radiation; and (ii) volatile organic compounds.
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