Chronology of Fabry-Perot interferometer fiber-optic sensors and their applications: a review.
Optical fibers have been involved in the area of sensing applications for more than four decades. Moreover, interferometric optical fiber sensors have attracted broad interest for their prospective applications in sensing temperature, refractive index, strain measurement, pressure, acoustic wave, vibration, magnetic field, and voltage. During this time, numerous types of interferometers have been developed such as Fabry-Perot, Michelson, Mach-Zehnder, Sagnac Fiber, and Common-path interferometers. Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) fiber-optic sensors have been extensively investigated for their exceedingly effective, simple fabrication as well as low cost aspects. In this study, a wide variety of FPI sensors are reviewed in terms of fabrication methods, principle of operation and their sensing applications. The chronology of the development of FPI sensors and their implementation in various applications are discussed.
Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. md.rajibul.islam@gmail.com.
Md Rajibul
MR
Islam
Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. engrmahmoodnaz@gmail.com.
Muhammad Mahmood
MM
Ali
Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. a131859.ukm@gmail.com.
Man-Hong
MH
Lai
Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. kslim@um.edu.my.
Kok-Sing
KS
Lim
Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. harith@um.edu.my.
Harith
H
Ahmad