Title:
Optical Sensing Apparatus And Method

dc.contributor.patentcreator Hartman, Nile F.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-05-12T14:29:19Z
dc.date.available 2017-05-12T14:29:19Z
dc.date.filed 11/4/1988
dc.date.issued 7/10/1990
dc.description.abstract Optical devices and techniques are disclosed for sensing properties of an environment with improved stability and lower cost. In a disclosed embodiment, there is provided a substrate having an index of refraction ns. A waveguide layer is provided and has a surface adjacent the substrate, the waveguide layer having an index of refraction nf that is greater than ns. A superstrate is provided adjacent the opposing surface of the waveguide layer, the superstrate having an index of refraction nc that is less than nf, the index of refraction of the superstrate being affected by the environment. An optical beam is injected into the waveguide layer such that at least two modes of the beam propagate in the waveguide layer. The interfering product of said at least two modes of the beam which have propagated through the waveguide layer is then detected.
dc.description.assignee Georgia Tech Research Corporation
dc.identifier.cpc G01L1/242
dc.identifier.cpc G01N21/7703
dc.identifier.cpc G01R29/0885
dc.identifier.patentapplicationnumber 07/267212
dc.identifier.patentnumber 4940328
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/58075
dc.identifier.uspc 356/481
dc.title Optical Sensing Apparatus And Method
dc.type Text
dc.type.genre Patent
dspace.entity.type Publication
local.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology
local.relation.ispartofseries Georgia Tech Patents
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relation.isSeriesOfPublication 0f49c79d-4efb-4bd9-b060-5c7f9191b9da
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