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Title: Thermal sensing fiber devices

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1531593

There is provided a thermal sensing fiber including a semiconducting element having a fiber length and characterized by a bandgap energy corresponding to a selected operational temperature range for the fiber in which there can be produced a change in thermally-excited electronic charge carrier population in the semiconducting element in response to a temperature change in the selected temperature range. At least one pair of conducting electrodes is provided in contact with the semiconducting element along the fiber length, and an insulator is provided along the fiber length.

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA(United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
DAAD19-03-1-0357; DMR 02-13282; FG02-99ER45778
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, MA)
Patent Number(s):
7,567,740
Application Number:
11/529,111
OSTI ID:
1531593
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2006-09-28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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