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FIBER-OPTIC VIBRATION SENSOR BASED ON FREQUENCY MODULATION OF LIGHT-EXCITED OSCILLATORS
FIBER-OPTIC VIBRATION SENSOR BASED ON FREQUENCY MODULATION OF LIGHT-EXCITED OSCILLATORS
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机译:基于光振子频率调制的光纤振动传感器
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A sensor device for detecting vibration, including a light source for providing a laser light, a first optical fiber connected to the source for transmitting the laser light, an oscillator positioned to receive the transmitted laser light and adapted to reflect the light as a frequency modulated light; a second optical fiber positioned to capture the frequency modulated light to transmit the frequency modulated light; and a frequency modulated discriminator for receiving the frequency modulated light from the second optical fiber and producing a signal responsive of vibration of the oscillator. In a preferred embodiment, the frequency modulated discriminator further includes a frequency meter for determining the average number of cycles per unit time to provide a second signal responsive of the temperature of the oscillator. The optical fibers may be a pair of different fibers positioned for transmitting the laser light and the frequency modulated light respectively, or the same fiber positioned for transmitting both the laser light and the frequency modulated light. In this latter embodiment, the device further includes a beam splitter to direct the frequency modulated light to the discriminator. The preferred oscillator includes a microchip having a microbeam mounted on a thin silicon cantilever such that deflection of the beam perpendicular to the plane of the microchip changes the tension in the microbeam to change its resonant frequency. Also preferred is a microbeam including a thin metal deposit to create a bimorph structure.
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