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Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1988

Filed:

Jan. 28, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:

Steven E Hodges, Eugene, OR (US);

Gregory L Tangonan, Oxnard, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2503381 ; 250340 ; 374131 ;
Abstract

An interferometric sensor (10) employs a sensing optical fiber (12) and a reference optical fiber (14). The sensing fiber (12) has a coating 16 thereon responsive to radiated thermal energy while the reference fiber is shielded therefrom. Both the sensing and reference fibers are subjected to the same ambient environment so that both fibers are subjected to heating by convection or conduction in essentially the same amounts. As a result, the sensor (10) is substantially nonresponsive to convected or conducted thermal energy while being highly responsive to radiated energy, particularly in the 6-30 micron wavelength region.


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Hodges, Steven. (1988). Interferometric thermal detector (U.S. Patent No. 4785174). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4785174

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