Fiber optic refractive index sensor using metal cladding

Details Fiber optic refractive index sensor using metal cladding Fiber optic refractive index sensor using metal cladding

1990-03-28

1991-06-25

Lee, John D.

Optics: measuring and testing

Range or remote distance finding

With photodetection

356128, 356133, G02B 616

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050261398

ABSTRACT:
A refractive index FOCS has a fiber optic core with a partly light transmissive thin metal film clad of an effective thickness and light transmissivity so that transmission through the core is strongly affected by the refractive index of a surrounding liquid or vapor medium. The metal clad and surrounding medium produce a localized refractive index at the core interface which modulates light transmission through the core as a function of the medium refractive index. The clad is made of platinum, or also of gold, rhodium, palladium, nickel, iron, cobalt, ruthenium, iridium, osmium, zinc, copper, silver, chronium, molybdenum, tungsten, vanadium, niobium, tantalum, titanium, zirconium or hafnium. The clad is also made of oxides of these metals, or metal compounds or alloys. With a fluorescent tip, the changes in the fluorescent signal are a measure of the medium refractive index. With a reflective tip, the changes in the reflected signal are measured. In a linear configuration, source and detector are placed at opposite ends of the fiber and changes in the transmitted signal are measured as a function of refractive index. Multiple measurements with multiple clads of different specificity can be made. The multiple clads can be on a single fiber or on separate fibers.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4929049 (1990-05-01), Le Goullon et al.

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