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    Area of Science:

    • Optoelectronics
    • Optical Sensing
    • Biomedical Instrumentation

    Background:

    • Accurate refractive index measurement is crucial for various applications, including medical diagnostics.
    • Traditional optical fiber refractometers often suffer from thermal drift, limiting their long-term stability and accuracy.
    • Developing robust sensing systems that can operate reliably under varying environmental conditions remains a challenge.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a highly stable optical fiber refractometer.
    • To eliminate thermal drift in a piezoelectric transducer phase modulator.
    • To enable precise, long-term refractive index monitoring for medical applications.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a path-matching differential interferometer configuration.
    • Employed a single-channel phase tracker and synthetic heterodyne demodulations.
    • Designed a differential Fabry-Perot refractometer transducer to compensate for thermal expansion and thermo-optic effects.

    Main Results:

    • Achieved a stable refractive index change measurement of approximately 5 x 10(-4).
    • Demonstrated minimal variations over a 1-hour period despite temperature fluctuations (25-50°C).
    • Successfully eliminated thermal drift from the piezoelectric transducer.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed optical fiber refractometer exhibits high stability and accuracy.
    • The system's ability to compensate for thermal effects makes it suitable for long-term monitoring.
    • This technology can be readily implemented for medical care applications, such as patient monitoring during drug administration.