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Optical fiber arterial pulse wave sensor
Author(s) -
Eom Sunghoon,
Park Jaehee,
Lee Jonghun
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.25200
Subject(s) - michelson interferometer , optics , optical fiber , fiber optic sensor , pulse (music) , pulse wave , materials science , interferometry , microwave , telecommunications , physics , engineering , laser , detector
Abstract An optical fiber arterial pulse wave sensor is proposed using an in‐line Michelson interferometer that is a hollow optical fiber spliced to a single‐mode fiber at one end and cleaved at the other end. The proposed optical fiber arterial pulse wave sensor consists of an in‐line Michelson interferometer and steel reinforcement enclosed in a heat‐shrinkable tube. The sensor was directly attached onto a wrist and signals corresponding to arterial pulse waves successfully obtained. The signal‐to‐noise ratio of the sensor signals was better than 20 dB. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1318–1321, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25200