Intrinsic Fabry-Perot optical fiber sensors and their multiplexing
Abstract
An intrinsic Fabry-Perot optical sensor includes a thin film sandwiched between two fiber ends. When light is launched into the fiber, two reflections are generated at the two fiber/thin film interfaces due to a difference in refractive indices between the fibers and the film, giving rise to the sensor output. In another embodiment, a portion of the cladding of a fiber is removed, creating two parallel surfaces. Part of the evanescent fields of light propagating in the fiber is reflected at each of the surfaces, giving rise to the sensor output. In a third embodiment, the refractive index of a small portion of a fiber is changed through exposure to a laser beam or other radiation. Interference between reflections at the ends of the small portion give rise to the sensor output. Multiple sensors along a single fiber are multiplexed using an optical time domain reflectometry method.
- Inventors:
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- Blacksburg, VA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 920997
- Patent Number(s):
- 7308162
- Application Number:
- 10/656,256
- Assignee:
- Virginia Tech Intellectual Properties, Inc. (Blacksburg, VA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G01 - MEASURING G01L - MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02B - OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS, OR APPARATUS
- DOE Contract Number:
- FT36-01G011-50
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Citation Formats
Wang, Anbo. Intrinsic Fabry-Perot optical fiber sensors and their multiplexing. United States: N. p., 2007.
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"Intrinsic Fabry-Perot optical fiber sensors and their multiplexing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/920997.
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abstractNote = {An intrinsic Fabry-Perot optical sensor includes a thin film sandwiched between two fiber ends. When light is launched into the fiber, two reflections are generated at the two fiber/thin film interfaces due to a difference in refractive indices between the fibers and the film, giving rise to the sensor output. In another embodiment, a portion of the cladding of a fiber is removed, creating two parallel surfaces. Part of the evanescent fields of light propagating in the fiber is reflected at each of the surfaces, giving rise to the sensor output. In a third embodiment, the refractive index of a small portion of a fiber is changed through exposure to a laser beam or other radiation. Interference between reflections at the ends of the small portion give rise to the sensor output. Multiple sensors along a single fiber are multiplexed using an optical time domain reflectometry method.},
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