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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2021
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2020
Applicant:
Us Government As Represented BY Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Inventors:
Hengky Chandrahalim, Beavercreek, OH (US);
Jonathan Smith, Xenia, OH (US);
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/293 (2006.01); G02B 6/12 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/29359 (2013.01); G02B 6/29358 (2013.01); G02B 6/02033 (2013.01); G02B 2006/12159 (2013.01);
Abstract
A passive microscopic Fabry-Pérot Interferometer (FPI) sensor an optical fiber a three-dimensional microscopic optical structure formed on a cleaved tip of an optical fighter that reflects a light signal back through the optical fiber. The reflected light is altered by refractive index changes in the three-dimensional structure that is subject to at least one of: (i) thermal radiation; and (ii) volatile organic compounds.