| abstract |
An optical fiber temperature thermometer uses a thermochromic substance having optical absorption peaks which vary with temperature within a first waveband, and having substantially constant absorption with temperature in a second waveband. The radiation employed is in a wide band to include the first and second wavebands, and the radiation, reflected and attenuated as a result of the passage through the thermochromic substance, is split into two selected beams and filtered in narrow band pass filters for the first and second wavebands, to supply optical signals to respective detectors whose outputs are divided to produce a ratio signal representative of the temperature. The sensor is sufficiently compact for biomedical use, and, being unaffected by electromagnetic fields, is useful in regions of high tension or in microwave heating. |