Remote Optical Temperature Sensing Using a Flat-Parallel Dielectric Wafer

Autor: Vachagan V. Harutyunyan, Aram Papoyan
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of Contemporary Physics (Armenian Academy of Sciences). 56:192-195
ISSN: 1934-9378
1068-3372
DOI: 10.3103/s106833722103004x
Popis: It is demonstrated that reflection of a continuous-wave single-frequency laser radiation from a thick flat-parallel glass wafer can be used for precise remote measurement of temperature. Such measurement relies on the low-finesse Fabry-Perot nature of the dielectric wafer, whose optical thickness depends on temperature due to two characteristics of the dielectric material: the linear expansion coefficient and the thermo-optic coefficient. For the used glass wafer with a refractive index of 1.5183 and a thickness of 15.75 mm, the temperature distance between adjacent interference peaks was 1.4825°C, which made it possible to measure the temperature with a mean accuracy of 0.005°C. Performance aspects of the proposed temperature sensor and its practical applicability are analyzed.
Databáze: OpenAIRE