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By Francis T.S. Yu, Shizhuo Yin

This reference offers a accomplished account of the hot advances and learn in fiber optic sensor expertise. It deals a innovative heritage of every sensor variety in addition to simple rules and basic construction blocks for useful purposes within the electric aerospace, security and production, shrewdpermanent constitution, undersea surveillance, scientific, and gasoline and oil industries. Fiber Optic Sensors highlights the improvement of fiber optic sensors and vintage purposes; presents new equipment for the development of high-speed and high-capacity fiber sensor platforms; and describes contemporary advancements in fiber optic amplifiers, fiber Bragg grating sensors, optical isolators, optical time area reflectometry (OTDR), and fiber optic gyroscopes. The ebook info structural fatigue tracking for dams and bridges, the impression of exterior and environmental components on fiber optic sensor functionality, interferometer configuration multiplexing structure, polarization fading mitigation, and procedure integration, and up to date functions of fiber optic sensors.

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Using a 3-nm wavelength separation between two modes of an AlGaInP laser, Potter et al. [23] achieved quadrature optical outputs from a 20-mm-long EFPI cavity. A similar approach using spectrally filtered optical signals from EFPI sensors monitored with a low-coherence superluminescent diode (SLD) light source has been reported in which two wavelengths [24] and three wavelengths [25] are simultaneously monitored. In another experiment, two wavelengths from an Er:fiber broadband source were selected by fiber Bragg grating after reflection from an EFPI sensor to provide quadrature optical signals [26].

The first is as a direct replacement for existing sensors where the fiber sensor offers Copyright 2002 by Marcel Dekker. All Rights Reserved. Figure 46 Spatial multiplexing of four fiber optic sensors may be accomplished by operating two light sources with different carrier frequencies and cross-coupling the sensor outputs onto two output fibers. significantly improved performance, reliability, safety, and=or cost advantages to the end user. The second area is the development and deployment of fiber optic sensors in new market areas.

29, this is done by using a modulator in the fiber optic coil to generate a phase shift at a rate o. Figure 29 Closed-loop fiber optic gyros use an artificially induced nonreciprocal phase between counterpropagating light beams to counterbalance rotationally induced phase shifts. These fiber gyros have the wide dynamic range and high linearity needed to support stringent navigation requirements. Copyright 2002 by Marcel Dekker. All Rights Reserved. When the coil is rotated, a first harmonic signal at w is induced with phase that depends on rotation rate in a manner similar to that described above with respect to open-loop fiber gyros.

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