Pressure-sensitive optrode

Patent · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:865923

Hirschfeld, Tomas B ^[1]

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1. Livermore, CA

An apparatus is provided for sensing changes in pressure and for generating optical signals related to said changes in pressure. Light from a fiber optic illuminates a fluorescent composition causing it to fluoresce. The fluorescent composition is caused to more relative to the end of the fiber optic in response to changes in pressure so that the intensity of fluorescent emissions collected by the same fiber optic used for illumination varies monotonically with pressure.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• Assignee: University of California (Berkeley, CA)
• Patent Number(s): US 4599901
• OSTI ID: 865923
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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