Fiber-optic sensors work well in tight spots and in applications with a high degree of electrical noise, but care must be taken when specifying these critical components. Sensing part presence in ...

The amplifiers have a 0 to >200-mm sensing range, depending on the optical fibers used. Operating distance can be adjusted between 20 and 200 mm with a 12-turn potentiometer with an illuminated scale.

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As the amount of information being electronically shuttled around the planet continues to grow, so does the need for effective means of relaying it. The use of optical fibers has definitely helped in ...

Microstructure Fibers (MFs) have received a lot of attention owing to the high nonlinearity that results from their very small effective core area. Consequently, all the nonlinear effects that are ...

It’s always interesting to see how scientists and engineers have exploited—in the positive sense of the word—somewhat obscure, fundamental physics principles to create innovative sensors. For example, ...

For the first time, researchers have fabricated sensing elements known as fiber Bragg gratings inside optical fibers designed to dissolve completely inside the body. For the first time, researchers ...

A new amplifier developed in Sweden enables the transmission of ten times more data per second than those of current fiber-optic systems. Developed by a research team from Chalmers University of ...