Fiber sensor

US10338000B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Massachusetts Institute of Technology · US
• FLIR Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Alexander Gumennik · Brookline, US
• Alexander Stolyarov · Brookline, US
• Brent Richard Schell · Stoughton, US
• Chong Hou · 红钢城街道, CN
• Guillaume Lestoquoy · Cambridge, US
• Fabien Sorin · Cambridge, US
• William Richard McDaniel, II · Worcester, US
• Yoel Fink · Cambridge, US
• Aimee Rose · Cambridge, US
• John D. Joannopoulos · Belmont, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 24, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 2, 2019
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G02B6/4291
• WIPO field: Measurement
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

There is provided a sensor fiber including an electrically insulating material having a fiber length. At least one transduction element is disposed along at least a portion of the fiber length and is arranged for exposure to an intake species. A photoconducting element is in optical communication with the transduction element. At least one pair of electrically conducting electrodes are in electrical connection with the photoconducting element. The pair of electrodes extend the fiber length.