Development of a fiber optic high-precision position sensor

• Main Author: Ruan, Fang.
• Other Authors: Lam, Yee Loy
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Electrical and electronic engineering::Optics, optoelectronics, photonics
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/3184
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Fiber optic displacement sensors have been studied since 1970s. While progress has been made and many sensor types have been demonstrated, the technology is not yet fully developed nor exploited. Practical problems remain in the areas of improving the detection process, stability and resolution, opt...