Fiber optic interferometric sensor array
US7502120B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2005 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 16, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01H9/004
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for multiplexing Fiber Optic Interferometric Sensors (FOISs), which apparatus comprises means (1) forming the an optical source for providing m*n distinct wavelengths λ11, λ12, . . . , λ1n, λ21, λ22, . . . , λ2n, . . . , λm1, λm2, . . . , λmn, the optical source including means for generating m groups (111, 112, . . . , 11m) of light pulses, each group 11j (1≦j≦m) being made up of n light pulses Pk(λj1), Pk(λj2), . . . , Pk(λjn) of distinct wavelengths λj1, λj2, . . . , λjn, the n light pulses Pk(λj1), Pk(λj2), . . . , Pk(λjn) being time delayed one from another, Fiber Optic Interferometric Sensors distributed in m groups (51, 52, . . . , 5m) of n sensors each, then sensors of a same group being located at the same point and set into a star like arrangement around the input point of the group, and each of the n sensors of a same group 5j, 1≦j≦m, being associated with wavelength selective means so that it is interrogated by one light pulse only among the pulses Pk(λj1), Pk(λj2), . . . , Pk(λjn) of distinct wavelengths respectively λj1, λj2, . . . , λjn.
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