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Fiber Optic White Light Interferometric Sensors

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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 (μm) displacement resolutions and the additional use of phase-tracking methods increases the attainable resolution down to the nanometer (nm) scale.

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  2. EM Technology, London, UK

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Meggitt, B.T. (2000). Fiber Optic White Light Interferometric Sensors. In: Grattan, K.T.V., Meggitt, B.T. (eds) Optical Fiber Sensor Technology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-6081-1_6

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