A fiber optic sensor system for pressure measurements where the design
permits multiplexity on the input side of the system and the optical part
of the system, which has a sensor Fabry-Perot interferometer and a
read-out interferometer, is based on low coherence fiber-optic
interferometry techniques. This permits a high dynamic range and low
sensitivity to the wavelength fluctuation of the light source as well as
to the optical intensity fluctuations. The system includes fiber tip
based Fabry-Perot sensors, where each sensor includes a diaphragm as the
transducer. A combined pressure gradient sensor, air particle velocity
sensor, as well as acoustic intensity sensor is built based on the fiber
tip based Fabry-Perot sensors.