Fiber optic security seal including plural Bragg gratings
Abstract
An optical security system enables the integrity of a container seal to be remotely interrogated. A plurality of Bragg gratings is written holographically into the core of at least one optical fiber placed about the container seal, where each Bragg grating has a predetermined location and a known frequency for reflecting incident light. A time domain reflectometer is provided with a variable frequency light output that corresponds to the reflecting frequencies of the Bragg gratings to output a signal that is functionally related to the location and reflecting frequency of each of the Bragg gratings. 2 figs.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 6903308
- Patent Number(s):
- 5351324
- Application Number:
- PPN: US 8-120113
- Assignee:
- Univ. of California, Alameda, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 10 Sep 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; CONTAINERS; SECURITY SEALS; DESIGN; BRAGG REFLECTION; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; HOLOGRAPHY; OPERATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; FIBERS; GRATINGS; PHYSICAL PROTECTION DEVICES; REFLECTION; SEALS; 055001* - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards, Inspection, & Accountability- Technical Aspects
Citation Formats
Forman, P R. Fiber optic security seal including plural Bragg gratings. United States: N. p., 1994.
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Forman, P R. Fiber optic security seal including plural Bragg gratings. United States.
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"Fiber optic security seal including plural Bragg gratings". United States.
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abstractNote = {An optical security system enables the integrity of a container seal to be remotely interrogated. A plurality of Bragg gratings is written holographically into the core of at least one optical fiber placed about the container seal, where each Bragg grating has a predetermined location and a known frequency for reflecting incident light. A time domain reflectometer is provided with a variable frequency light output that corresponds to the reflecting frequencies of the Bragg gratings to output a signal that is functionally related to the location and reflecting frequency of each of the Bragg gratings. 2 figs.},
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place = {United States},
year = {1994},
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