Fiber Optic Sensing and Imaging [Paperback]

This book is designed to highlight the basic principles of fiber optic imaging and sensing devices. The book provides the readers with a solid foundation in fiber optic imaging and sensing devices.? The text begins with an introductory chapter that starts from Maxwells equations and ends with the derivation of the basic optical fiber characteristic equations and solutions (i.e. fiber modes).? Also covered within are reviews of the most common fiber optic interferometric devices which are the basis for many fiber optic imaging and sensing systems. The author discusses the basics of fiber optic imagers with an emphasis on fiber optic confocal microscope.? Including chapters on fiber Bragg grating based sensor and various applications and fiber Sagnac loop based sensors.? The book also provides useful forms of device characteristic equations.This book highlights basic principles of fiber optic imaging and sensing devices. It features reviews of the most common fiber optic interferometric devices and discusses the basics of fiber optic imagers with an emphasis on fiber optic confocal microscope.Optical Fibers.- Fiber Optic Interferometric Devices.- Fiber Optic Imagers.- Optical Fiber Gratings for Mechanical and Bio-sensing.- Sagnac Loop Sensors.- Principles of Optical Coherence Tomography.

This book is designed to highlight the basic principles of fiber optic imaging and sensing devices. The editor has organized the book to provide the reader with a solid foundation in fiber optic imaging and sensing devices. It begins with an introductory chapter that starts from Maxwells equations and ends with the derivation of the basic optical fiber characteristic equations and solutions (i.e. fiber modes). Chapter 2 reviews most common fiber optic interferometric devices and Chapter 3 discusses the basics of fiber optic imagers with emphasis on fiber optic confocal microscope. The fiber optic interferometric sensors are discussed in detail in chapter 4 and 5. Chapter 6 clã9