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Changlin Chen

Yan Tang

Jie Huang

Jing Guo

Yizheng Chen

Yongji Wu

Zhengang Lu

Xian Liu

Yong Yuan

A Fabry-Perot sensor for measuring an inclination. The sensor is fixed on a static detected object, where a mass block is flexibly connected to a top plate, thus the line between the center of gravity of the mass block and the connecting point on the top plate is perpendicular to the horizontal plane. This creates a Fabry-Perot cavity between a reflecting surface disposed at one end of the mass block and the end of an optic fiber. When the detected object is tilted, the line between the center of gravity of the mass block and its connecting point on the top plate remains perpendicular and the F-P cavity length will have a variation in length. The change of cavity length is measured in accordance with the Fabry-Perot principle, thereby the tilting angle, which is the inclination of the detected object, of the mass block is measured.

Fabry-Perot(F-P) sensor for measuring an inclination

The present invention provides the Fabry-Perot (F-P) sensor compromising housing, measuring probe, longitudinal sling block, and displacement converting device. The optic fiber passes through upside sealing ring and extends into upside through hole with the optic fiber end surface disposed at the bottom; the upside of longitudinal sliding block is disposed with reflecting surface, thus a Fabry-Perot cavity is formed between part of the fiber end surface at the bottom of the fiber and the reflecting surface on the upside of longitudinal sliding block. The displacement converting device will convert the lateral slides of the measuring probe into the slides of the longitudinal sliding block, which thus changes the distance from the reflecting surface to the fiber end surface and changes the Fabry-Perot cavity length. Further, the sliding distance of the measuring probe can be calculated after the variation of the Fabry-Perot cavity length measured in according with the Fabry-Perot principle.

Fabry-Perot(F-P) sensor with sliding block having inclined reflective surface

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Changlin Chen