Fiber Optic Temperature Sensor

Abstract

There is provided a temperature sensor comprising: an optical fiber; and a sensing element spaced from the optical fiber; wherein the optical fiber is aligned with the sensing element to deliver a source beam to interact with the sensing element and detect a return beam, the return beam exhibiting a temperature dependent property that is measured to determine a temperature of a measured object thermally coupled to the sensing element.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.