Abstract: In this paper we present the analysis of multimode (MM) interference induced by MM fiber interferometers and report the development of a white light scanning fiber Michelson interferometer with a sapphire fiber sensing head for the measurement of position-distance at high temperatures. The 'mode fading' effect in standard graded 50/125 $mu@m fiber and independent 'inter-mode interference' in 100 $mu@m step index profile fiber are discussed. By means of the 'mode selecting' technique, proposed and developed in this work, we demonstrated white light fringes with signal to noise ratios of more than 12 with a sensing head composed of a 400 mm long lead sapphire fiber and an uncoated sapphire target fiber. !12
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