Fabry-Perot optical binary switch for aircraft applications
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Published on: May 29, 2014
1Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX 77843-3128, USA. zxxie@ece.tamu.edu
Abstract:
An optical binary switch for aircraft applications is demonstrated. A fiber Fabry-Perot interferometer (FFPI) bonded to a cantilever is used as the sensing element. A white-light interferometry system with two bulk Michelson interferometers sharing the same motor-driven translation stage is utilized to monitor the elongation of the FFPI. The system exhibits excellent linearity as a force sensor; the experimental results are in good agreement with theoretical calculated values. With a properly set threshold value, the system produces a binary output.
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