Fiber-optic shock position sensor

Technical Report · Sun Feb 28 23:00:00 EST 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6721455· OSTI ID:6721455

Weiss, J. D.

This report describes work performed for the development of a fiber-optic shock position sensor used to measure the location of a shock front in the neighborhood of a nuclear explosion. Such a measurement would provide a hydrodynamic determination of nuclear yield. The original proposal was prompted by the Defense Nuclear Agency's interest in replacing as many electrical sensors as possible with their optical counterparts for the verification of a treaty limiting the yield of a nuclear device used in underground testing. Immunity to electromagnetic pulse is the reason for the agency's interest; unlike electrical sensors and their associated cabling, fiber-optic systems do not transmit to the outside world noise pulses from the device containing secret information.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6721455
• Report Number(s): SAND-93-0261; ON: DE93009607
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DESIGN
DETECTION
DISPLACEMENT GAGES
ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EXPLOSIONS
FIBER OPTICS
FLUID MECHANICS
HYDRODYNAMICS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
MECHANICS
NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DETECTION
NUCLEAR EXPLOSIONS
PHYSICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
PULSES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
SHOCK WAVES
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
VERIFICATION