Low-cost fiber optic force sensor

被引:11
作者
Bakalidis, GN
Glavas, E
Voglis, NG
Tsalides, P
机构
[1] Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Demokritus University of Thrace
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D O I
10.1109/19.481363
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 transducer that uses an intensity-modulated optical method to measure force is described in this paper. The method relies on the additional optical power loss induced by the compression of a fiber optic loop. The sensor is shown to exhibit long-term stability. Using a simple recalibration procedure, a repeatability of +/-0.5% was obtained.
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页码:328 / 331
页数:4
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