Optical sensor having atomically localized luminescence centers
First Claim
1. An optical sensor for detecting a change in a physical quantity, said optical sensor comprising two spaced apart bodies, each of said two bodies comprising a solid, substantially optically transparent bonding material which is in the shape of an optical wave conductor and which contains at least 1% by weight of a luminescent material in the form of localized luminescent centers in solid solution, the luminescent materials in said two bodies being different such that the luminescent light emitted from each when excited by light from a common light source will have different optical properties, said two bodies being physically separated but close enough to one another that excitation light from a first of said two bodies can be received by the second of said two bodies and luminescent light from the second of said two bodies can be received by the first of said two bodies.
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Abstract
An optical sensor for detecting changes in physical quantities such as temperature, position, force, level, pressure, flow, acceleration, magnetic or electrical field strength or mechanical deformation, includes a luminescent material built up of atomically localized luminescence centers, included as a solid solution in an amorphous or mono-crystalline bonding material.
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- 1. An optical sensor for detecting a change in a physical quantity, said optical sensor comprising two spaced apart bodies, each of said two bodies comprising a solid, substantially optically transparent bonding material which is in the shape of an optical wave conductor and which contains at least 1% by weight of a luminescent material in the form of localized luminescent centers in solid solution, the luminescent materials in said two bodies being different such that the luminescent light emitted from each when excited by light from a common light source will have different optical properties, said two bodies being physically separated but close enough to one another that excitation light from a first of said two bodies can be received by the second of said two bodies and luminescent light from the second of said two bodies can be received by the first of said two bodies.
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