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Title: Fiber optic sensor applications in field testing

Abstract

Fiber optic sensors (F.O.S.) are defined, and the application of this technology to measuring various phenomonon in diverse and hostile environments are discussed. F.O.S. advantages and disavantages both technically and operationally are summarized. Three sensor techniques - intensity, interferometric, and polarization - are then discussed in some detail. General environmental instrumentation and controls that support the Nuclear Weapons Test Program at the Nevada Test Site are discussed next to provide the reader with a basic understanding of the programmatic task. This will aid in recognizing the various difficulties of the traditional measurement techniques at the NTS and the potential advantages that fiber optic measurement systems can provide. An F.O.S. development program is then outlined, depicting a plan to design and fabricate a prototype sensor to be available for field testing by the end of FY84. We conclude with future plans for further development of F.O.S. to measure more of the desired physical parameters for the Test Program, and to eventually become an integral part of an overall measurement and control system.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6967634
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-84-1395; CONF-8404138-3
ON: DE84011364
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 8. national engineering symposium of the Mexican American Engineering Society, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 11 Apr 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; 47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION; NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; NEVADA TEST SITE; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; EXPLOSIONS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; 450202* - Explosions & Explosives- Nuclear- Weaponry- (-1989); 440300 - Miscellaneous Instruments- (-1989)

Citation Formats

Perea, J A. Fiber optic sensor applications in field testing. United States: N. p., 1984. Web.
Perea, J A. Fiber optic sensor applications in field testing. United States.
Perea, J A. 1984. "Fiber optic sensor applications in field testing". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6967634.
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