1. Use of a 2D to 1D Dimension Reduction Fiber-Optic Array for Multiwavelength Imaging Sensors
- Author
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S. Michael Angel, Michael L. Myrick, Matthew P. Nelson, and Maria V. Schiza
- Subjects
Optical fiber ,Materials science ,business.industry ,010401 analytical chemistry ,02 engineering and technology ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,01 natural sciences ,0104 chemical sciences ,law.invention ,Wavelength ,Optics ,law ,Fiber optic sensor ,Fiber ,Image sensor ,0210 nano-technology ,Luminescence ,business ,Instrumentation ,Image resolution ,Oxygen sensor ,Spectroscopy - Abstract
A dimension reduction fiber-optic array is used to measure the response of a stacked-layer, image-guide CO2/O2 sensor, simultaneously at several different wavelengths. Two different image-guide CO2/O2 sensor configurations are described: a stacked-layer sensor, where luminescence indicators for CO2 and O2 are uniformly coated on the tip of the sensor; and a side-by-side coated sensor where the two indicators are coated on different halves of the fiber tip. It is shown that a single image-guide measurement, made by using the dimension reduction array, can be used to generate response plots, intensity profiles, and reconstructed images at different luminescence wavelengths. The spatial resolution of an image guide sensor is limited by the number of fibers used to construct the dimension reduction array.
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- 2001