To introduce the applications of fibre sensors and optical signal processing Objectives Understanding Working principles of optical fibre sensors and their limitations in a given application. How interferometry is used in sensing applications. Diffraction phenomena and phase and spatial filtering. Knowledge Criteria for fibre sensor design for a given application, interferometric techniques. Spatial and phase filtering.
Skills Use optical fibre properties for sensor design and setting sensor specifications.
Apply Fourier transforms to optical signal processing. Use holography for optical character recognition. Interferometric and non-interferometric techniques. Laboratories 4 sessions of 3 hours. How a sensor is assembled in practice and completed to the outside world.