New micro-optic cell for optical fibre gas sensors with interferometric noise reduction

被引:11
作者
Morante, MA [1 ]
Stewart, G [1 ]
Culshaw, B [1 ]
LopezHiguera, JM [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV CANTABRIA,DEPT ELECT TECHNOL & SYST ENGN,E-39005 SANTANDER,SPAIN
关键词
fibre optic sensors; gas sensors;
D O I
10.1049/el:19970951
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A novel design of a micro-optic cell employing inexpensive optics is demonstrated for reducing interferometric noise in optical fibre gas sensors. Compared with the traditional collimating cell, the insertion loss is significantly reduced and the overall signal-to-interferometric-noise ratio is improved by a factor of five in a methane sensor using second harmonic signal detection.
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页码:1407 / 1409
页数:3
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