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Fiber-optic thermometer

US4176552A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 10, 1978
Grant dateDec 4, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 10, 1998

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01K5/04
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A species of fiber-optic thermometer, employing input and output fiber-optics immersed in a given liquid partially filling a capillary, transfers a proportion of fiber-optic input light to the fiber-optic output as a single-valued function of temperature. This species can provide a miniature thermometer exhibiting high temperature sensitivity.

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