Fiber-Optic Fabry-Perot Sensors: An Introduction PDF

Features

Gives a complete overview of Fabry-Perot sensors, from fundamental concepts to microstructures, fabrication, signal processing, instrumentation, and applications.

Reflects the accumulated knowledge of the author, a leader in this field, incorporating the broader literature for an authoritative treatment.

Introduces the basics of these sensors and their operating principles.

Discusses the range of structures (intrinsic/extrinsic, multimode fiber vs single-mode fibers), as well as advanced micromachining technologies and major interrogating and multiplexing methods for the formation of multi-point, quasi-distributed sensing networks.

Covers applications in oil, gas, and electricity industries, aerospace technology, and biomedicine.

Summary

The authors deliver a complete overview of fiber-optic Fabry-Perot (FFP) sensing technology, integrating the knowledge and tools of multiple fields including optics, sensing, micromachining, instrumentation, physics, and materials science. The main chapters discuss operating principles, microstructures, fabrication methods, signal demodulation, and instrumentation. This treatment spans the full range of structures (intrinsic/extrinsic, multimode fiber vs single-mode fibers), as well as advanced micromachining technologies and major interrogating and multiplexing methods for the formation of multi-point, quasi-distributed sensing networks. Readers will also gain a summary of state-of-the-art applications in oil, gas, and electricity industries, aerospace technology, and biomedicine.

Yun-Jiang Rao is Dean of the School of Communication & Information Engineering, and Director of the Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing & Communications at the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China. Zeng-Ling Ran and Yuan Gong are both associate professors at the Optical Fiber Technology Research Laboratory of the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

Authors: Yun-Jiang Rao, Zeng-Ling Ran, Yuan Gong