Fiber optic microbend sensor with braided fibers
    32.
    发明授权
    Fiber optic microbend sensor with braided fibers 失效
    具有编织纤维的光纤微弯传感器

    公开(公告)号:US4891511A

    公开(公告)日:1990-01-02

    申请号:US238695

    申请日:1988-08-31

    申请人: Stuart E. Reed

    发明人: Stuart E. Reed

    IPC分类号: G01D5/353

    CPC分类号: G01D5/35377 G01D5/35374

    摘要: A fiber optic microbend sensor with a braided arrangement of multiple optical fibers (or fibers and fillers) 16 such that the length dependent microbending losses result from the interaction of the fibers 10 themselves (or the fibers and fillers) without the need for additional external structures such as corrugated plates 12, 14. A plurality of fibers with at least one of the fibers being an optical fiber 10 are braided together into an interwoven strand 16 to produce the fiber optic microbend sensor. The spatial bend frequency of the braid 16 corresponds to the optimum microbend frequency for the fiber 10.

    摘要翻译: 具有多根光纤(或纤维和填料)16的编织布置的光纤微弯传感器,使得长度相关的微弯曲损耗由纤维10自身(或纤维和填料)的相互作用产生,而不需要额外的外部结构 例如波纹板12,14。具有光纤10中的至少一个光纤的多个光纤被编织在一起成为交织链16以产生光纤微弯曲传感器。 编织物16的空间弯曲频率对应于纤维10的最佳微弯曲频率。

    Method and Apparatus for Optical Sensing
    34.
    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230314189A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18209569

    申请日:2023-06-14

    申请人: Silixa Ltd.

    IPC分类号: G01D5/353 G01H9/00

    摘要: An optical fiber distributed acoustic sensor system makes use of a specially designed optical fiber to improve overall sensitivity of the system by a factor in excess of 10. This is achieved by inserting into the fiber weak broadband reflectors periodically along the fiber. The reflectors reflect a small proportion of the light from the DAS incident thereon back along the fiber, typically in the region of 0.001% to 0.1%. To allow for temperate compensation to ensure that the same reflectivity is obtained if the temperature changes, the reflection bandwidth is relatively broadband. The reflectors are formed from a series of fiber Bragg gratings, each with a different center reflecting frequency, the reflecting frequencies and bandwidths of the gratings being selected to provide the broadband reflection. The reflectors are spaced at the desired spatial resolution of the optical fiber DAS.

    Method and apparatus for optical sensing

    公开(公告)号:US11719560B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-08-08

    申请号:US16934189

    申请日:2020-07-21

    申请人: Silixa Ltd.

    摘要: An optical fiber distributed acoustic sensor system makes use of a specially designed optical fiber to improve overall sensitivity of the system by a factor in excess of 10. This is achieved by inserting into the fiber weak broadband reflectors periodically along the fiber. The reflectors reflect a small proportion of the light from the DAS incident thereon back along the fiber, typically in the region of 0.001% to 0.1%. To allow for temperate compensation to ensure that the same reflectivity is obtained if the temperature changes, the reflection bandwidth is relatively broadband. The reflectors are formed from a series of fiber Bragg gratings, each with a different center reflecting frequency, the reflecting frequencies and bandwidths of the gratings being selected to provide the broadband reflection. The reflectors are spaced at the desired spatial resolution of the optical fiber DAS.

    OPTICAL MEASURING SYSTEM WITH AN INTERROGATOR AND A POLYMER-BASED SINGLE-MODE FIBRE-OPTIC SENSOR SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20180356263A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-12-13

    申请号:US15780393

    申请日:2016-12-02

    IPC分类号: G01D5/353

    摘要: The present invention relates to an optical measuring system comprising a polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system (102), an optical interrogator (101), and an optical arrangement (103) interconnecting the optical interrogator (101) and the polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system (102). The invention further relates to an optical interrogator adapted to be connected to a polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system via an optical arrangement. The interrogator comprises a broadband light source arrangement (104) and a spectrum analysing arrangement which receives and analyses light reflected from the polymer-based single-mode fibre-optic sensor system.