All-Optical Flow Sensor (IMAGE)

Optica

All-Optical Flow Sensor

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This is an artist's rendering of the fiber optic flow sensor. The glowing red sections along the optical fiber are the sensors -- hundreds of these sensors can be packed into a single fiber.

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Kevin Chen, University of Pittsburgh.

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