Harsh environments minimally invasive optical sensor using free-space targeted single-crystal silicon carbide

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 672-685

  Riza, Nabeel A ^a,b   Arain, Muzammil A ^b   Perez, Frank ^a  

^a Nuonics Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Harsh environment; High temperature sensor; Optical interferometry; Optical sensor; Silicon carbide

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; LASER TUNING; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL DESIGN; SILICON CARBIDE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

HIGH TEMPERATURE SENSORS; MULTIWAVELENGTH SIGNAL PROCESSING; SMART OPTICAL SENSORS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 33746669580     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2006.874447     Document Type: Article

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