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Fiber optic white-light interferometric sensors

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Optical Fiber Sensor Technology

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The use of optical interferometric techniques in optical fiber sensor applications allows access to the high resolution and large dynamic range that is associated with these methods. Conventional interferometric fringe-counting techniques allow micrometer displacement resolutions and the additional use of phase-tracking methods increases the attainable down to the nanometer scale.

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  1. Department of Electrical, Electronic and Information Engineering City University, London, UK

    K. T. V. Grattan (Head) (Head)

  2. ERA Technology Limited, Leatherhead, UK

    B. T. Meggitt

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Meggitt, B.T. (1995). Fiber optic white-light interferometric sensors. In: Grattan, K.T.V., Meggitt, B.T. (eds) Optical Fiber Sensor Technology. Optical and Quantum Electronics Series, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1210-9_9

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