Tunable laser technology for sensing applications

Thomas Farrell; David McDonald

doi:10.1117/12.579886

20 December 2004 Tunable laser technology for sensing applications

Thomas Farrell, David McDonald

Proceedings Volume 5594, Physics and Applications of Optoelectronic Devices; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579886
Event: Optics East, 2004, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Abstract

Widely tunable lasers that have been developed for the telecommunications industry have many applications in the sensing industry and bring the advantages of technology robustness, volume low cost potential, ultra fast tuning capabilities and high performance. These traits are now being further exploited in sensing applications such as gas sensing, sensor interrogation systems, optical frequency domain reflectometry based systems and interformeteric sensing. The current paper gives an overview of a number of these areas and how tunable laser technologies, particularly those based on monolithic tunable lasers, are being successfully deployed in real world sensing scenarios.

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Thomas Farrell and David McDonald "Tunable laser technology for sensing applications", Proc. SPIE 5594, Physics and Applications of Optoelectronic Devices, (20 December 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.579886

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