Week 3

Question 1

The length of a fiberscope is mostly limited by what?

Answer 1

spectral capacity- how much of the transmitted wavelengths are conveyed

Question 1

What is the relationship between 0bench and the customary angles?

Answer 1

0bench=i+r

Question 2

Which of the following describe the characteristics of a bundle of fiber used for image viewing?

Answer 2

Coherent; aligned fiber ends

Question 3

What is the relationship between 0mirrir and the customary angles?

Answer 3

0mirror=i

Question 4

Which type of sensor is the ph sensor?Why?

Answer 4

Indirect: It uses a reagent that changes its optical properties in response to changes in the material of interest

Question 5

Which of the following describe the charateristics of a bundle of fibers used for illumination?

Answer 5

Incoherent; no specific alignment of the fiber ends is necessary

Question 6

What factors DO NOT make fiber optics well suited to deliver the laser power?

Answer 6

Stiffness