Dual differential interferometer
    1.
    发明授权
    Dual differential interferometer 失效
    双差分干涉仪

    公开(公告)号:US4512661A

    公开(公告)日:1985-04-23

    申请号:US414237

    申请日:1982-09-02

    IPC分类号: G01H9/00 G01B9/02

    CPC分类号: G01H9/00

    摘要: A dual two-beam differential interferometer that measures both the amplitude and orientation of propagating, broadband surface acoustic waves. Four beams are focused on a surface. The four reflected beams are separated into two pairs. The two pairs are detected to produce two signals that are used to compute amplitude and orientation.

    摘要翻译: 双光束差分干涉仪,用于测量传播宽带表面声波的振幅和方向。 四个光束聚焦在表面上。 四个反射光束被分成两对。 检测到两对以产生用于计算幅度和取向的两个信号。

    Controlled dopant diffusion for fiber optic coupler
    2.
    发明授权
    Controlled dopant diffusion for fiber optic coupler 失效
    光纤耦合器的受控掺杂剂扩散

    公开(公告)号:US5448673A

    公开(公告)日:1995-09-05

    申请号:US106274

    申请日:1993-08-12

    IPC分类号: G02B6/28 G02B6/10

    CPC分类号: G02B6/2835 G02B6/2856

    摘要: Uniformity of optical coupling of optical elements such as star couplers and splitters is improved by heat treatment which causes dopants in the core of an optical fiber to diffuse into material from the cladding layer of the optical fibers from which the optical element is formed, resulting in a substantially homogeneous interior region of the star coupler or splitter. Increased lossiness of the optical element thus formed may be limited by termination of the heat treatment before dopant diffusion reaches equilibrium throughout the fibers so that a portion of the cladding layer of the fibers remains surrounding the substantially homogeneous region where the fibers have been fused together.

    摘要翻译: 通过热处理改善诸如星形耦合器和分离器之类的光学元件的光耦合的均匀性,这使得光纤的芯中的掺杂剂从形成光学元件的光纤的包层扩散到材料中,导致 星形耦合器或分离器的基本均匀的内部区域。 由此形成的光学元件的增加的损耗可以通过在掺杂剂扩散在整个纤维之间达到平衡之前终止热处理来限制,使得纤维的包层的一部分保持围绕着纤维已经熔合在一起的基本均匀的区域。

    Fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication
techniques
    3.
    发明授权
    Fused biconical taper fiber optic coupler station and fabrication techniques 失效
    熔融双金属纤维光纤耦合器和制造技术

    公开(公告)号:US5216731A

    公开(公告)日:1993-06-01

    申请号:US777669

    申请日:1991-10-15

    IPC分类号: G02B6/28

    CPC分类号: G02B6/2856

    摘要: Optic fiber coupler fabrication stations allow one-step packaging and reduce fabrication time. The optic fiber coupler fabrication stations produce a single piece construction of the coupler package with improved uniformity. Two linear translation stages are driven in opposing directions using left and right hand threaded rods connected to a common drive shaft driven by a small electric motor. Fibers to be coupled are clamped into the station to provide the necessary tension during the tapering process. The fibers are tied together using cotton thread, and an oxy-propane torch is used to fuse the fibers together while the two translation stages pull the fibers to form a biconical tapered region in the fibers.

    摘要翻译: 光纤耦合器制造站允许一步包装并缩短制造时间。 光纤耦合器制造站产生具有改进的均匀性的耦合器封装的单件结构。 使用连接到由小型电动机驱动的公共驱动轴的左右螺纹杆,在相反的方向上驱动两个线性平移级。 要联接的纤维被夹紧在工位中,以在渐缩过程中提供必要的张力。 使用棉线将纤维连接在一起,并且使用氧丙烷炬将纤维熔合在一起,而两个平移级拉动纤维以在纤维中形成双锥形锥形区域。

    Method and apparatus for sensing strain
    4.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for sensing strain 失效
    检测应变的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US4928004A

    公开(公告)日:1990-05-22

    申请号:US210890

    申请日:1988-06-20

    IPC分类号: G01L1/24

    CPC分类号: G01L1/242

    摘要: The present invention pertains to a strain sensor. The strain sensor is comprised of an optical waveguide, a device for providing optical pulses to the optical waveguide and a device for sensing localized strain in the optical waveguide. The sensing device determines shifts in arrival times of the optical pulses at the sensing device that correspond to the localized strain. In a preferred embodiment the sensing device includes a device for reflecting a portion of the optical pulses at predetermined positions in the optical waveguide and a device for detecting the shift in arrival times of the portion of the optical pulses which are reflected.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及应变传感器。 应变传感器包括光波导,用于向光波导提供光脉冲的装置和用于感测光波导中的局部应变的装置。 感测装置确定对应于局部应变的感测装置处的光脉冲的到达时间的移动。 在优选实施例中,感测装置包括用于将光脉冲的一部分反射在光波导中的预定位置处的装置和用于检测被反射的部分光脉冲的到达时间偏移的装置。

    Electrostrictive and piezoelectric thin film assemblies and method of fabrication therefor
    5.
    发明授权
    Electrostrictive and piezoelectric thin film assemblies and method of fabrication therefor 有权
    电致伸缩和压电薄膜组件及其制造方法

    公开(公告)号:US06447887B1

    公开(公告)日:2002-09-10

    申请号:US09559599

    申请日:2000-04-28

    IPC分类号: H01L4100

    摘要: An electrostatic self-assembly method of fabricating electrostrictive and piezoelectric thin film assemblies not only provides a thinner film than is attainable by conventional methods, but provides excellent molecular-level uniformity and precise structural control, and thus large, effective piezoelectric coefficients. The method produces a thin film assembly including (a) a substrate, and (b) a film having one or a plurality of layers disposed upon the substrate, wherein at least one of the layers includes a dipolar material, and this layer of dipolar material has a uniform thickness of at most 500 nm.

    摘要翻译: 制造电致伸缩和压电薄膜组件的静电自组装方法不仅提供比通过常规方法可获得的膜更薄的膜,而且提供优异的分子水平均匀性和精确的结构控制,因此具有大的有效的压电系数。 该方法产生薄膜组件,其包括(a)基底,和(b)具有设置在基底上的一层或多层的薄膜,其中至少一层包括偶极材料,并且该层偶极材料 具有至多500nm的均匀厚度。

    Fiber optic grating-based weighted, two-mode fiber sensors
    6.
    发明授权
    Fiber optic grating-based weighted, two-mode fiber sensors 失效
    基于光纤光栅的加权双模光纤传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5208877A

    公开(公告)日:1993-05-04

    申请号:US751737

    申请日:1991-08-29

    IPC分类号: G01D5/353 G02B6/14

    摘要: Two-mode, elliptical-core optic fibers with a permanent photo-induced index change are used as sensors with sensitivity varying as a function of length. The optic fiber sensors act as vibrational-mode filters thereby performing initial signal processing of the sensor signal. The sensors are based on photo-induced refractive index changes. These refractive index changes affect the differential phase modulation between the LP.sub.01 and the LP.sub.11.sup.even modes. The change in beat-length is dependent on the amount of strain induced in the fiber while the grating is being formed. The pattern is thus varied along the length of the fiber by straining the fiber in a specific fashion while the grating is being written. This changes the sensitivity, of the sensor along its length. By choosing an appropriate weighting function in the manufacture of the sensor, it is possible to implement vibrational-mode analysis, vibrational-mode filtering and other functions that are critical in control system applications.

    摘要翻译: 使用具有永久光诱导指数变化的双模,椭圆芯光纤作为传感器,灵敏度随长度的变化而变化。 光纤传感器用作振动模式滤波器,从而执行传感器信号的初始信号处理。 传感器基于光诱导的折射率变化。 这些折射率变化影响LP01和LP11模式之间的差分相位调制。 拍子长度的变化取决于在形成光栅时光纤中诱发的应变量。 因此,通过在光栅被写入时以特定的方式使光纤变窄,沿着光纤的长度变化图案。 这会改变传感器沿其长度的灵敏度。 通过在传感器的制造中选择适当的加权函数,可以实现在控制系统应用中至关重要的振动模式分析,振动模式滤波和其他功能。

    Method and apparatus for sensing strain in a waveguide
    7.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for sensing strain in a waveguide 失效
    用于感测波导中应变的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US5189299A

    公开(公告)日:1993-02-23

    申请号:US526593

    申请日:1990-05-22

    IPC分类号: G01L1/24

    CPC分类号: G01L1/242

    摘要: The present invention pertains to a strain sensor. The strain sensor is comprised of an optical wave guide, a device for providing optical pulses to the optical wave guide and a device for sensing localized strain in the optical waveguide. The sensing device determines shifts in arrival times of the optical pulses at the sensing device that correspond to the localized strain. The apparatus includes a light source, a light detector, and a waveguide connecting the source with the detector. The apparatus also includes means for generating light pulses from the source through the waveguide and means for repeatedly propagating at least one of the light pulses in a closed loop. The light source detects arrival times of the light pulses.

    摘要翻译: 本发明涉及应变传感器。 应变传感器包括光波导,用于向光波导提供光脉冲的装置和用于感测光波导中的局部应变的装置。 感测装置确定对应于局部应变的感测装置处的光脉冲的到达时间的移动。 该装置包括光源,光检测器和将源与检测器连接的波导。 该装置还包括用于从源极通过波导产生光脉冲的装置和用于在闭环中重复传播至少一个光脉冲的装置。 光源检测光脉冲的到达时间。

    Ultrasonic transducer with Gaussian radial pressure distribution
    8.
    发明授权
    Ultrasonic transducer with Gaussian radial pressure distribution 失效
    超声波换能器具有高斯径向压力分布

    公开(公告)号:US4446396A

    公开(公告)日:1984-05-01

    申请号:US414107

    申请日:1982-09-02

    IPC分类号: B06B1/06 H01L41/08

    CPC分类号: B06B1/0644

    摘要: A piezoelectric crystal with several concentric ring electrodes on one side of the crystal. A resistor network applies different amplitudes of an AC source to each of the several electrodes. A plot of the different amplitudes from the outermost electrode to the innermost electrode is the first half of a Gaussian function. Consequently, the output of the crystal from the side opposite the electrodes has a Gaussian profile.

    摘要翻译: 在晶体的一侧具有多个同心环形电极的压电晶体。 电阻器网络将不同幅度的AC源施加到几个电极中的每一个。 从最外侧电极到最内侧电极的不同幅度的曲线图是高斯函数的前半部分。 因此,从与电极相对的一侧的晶体的输出具有高斯分布。

    Split-spectrum self-referenced fiber optic sensor
    9.
    发明授权
    Split-spectrum self-referenced fiber optic sensor 失效
    分光谱自参照光纤传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5446280A

    公开(公告)日:1995-08-29

    申请号:US114511

    申请日:1993-08-31

    CPC分类号: G01D5/268 G01K11/32

    摘要: A fiber optic sensor is fully compensated for light source intensity variation, fiber losses and modal power distribution by providing input to one end of an optical fiber from a relatively broad band light source containing at least two spectrally separated wavelengths. At least one of these spectrally separated wavelengths is reflected back into the optical fiber by a filter located between a second end of the optical fiber and a reflective transducer. The filter is preferably of the interference edge filter type and has a nominal cut-off wavelength within the spectral band of the light source or between the two spectrally separated wavelengths. Therefore, the paths traversed by light of the spectrally separated wavelengths will differ only by twice traversing the reflective transducer. Temperature measurement or compensation can also be provided by sensing of reflected light intensity or power at approximately the nominal cut-off frequency of the filter. Reflective transducers of both the intensity-based and interferometric types are usable with the invention.

    摘要翻译: 光纤传感器通过从包含至少两个频谱分离的波长的相对宽带光源提供输入到光纤的一端而完全补偿光源强度变化,光纤损耗和模态功率分布。 这些光谱分离的波长中的至少一个通过位于光纤的第二端和反射换能器之间的滤光器反射回光纤。 滤波器优选地具有干涉边缘滤波器类型,并且在光源的光谱带内或在两个光谱分离的波长之间具有标称截止波长。 因此,通过光谱分离的波长的光穿过的路径将仅通过两次穿过反射换能器而不同。 温度测量或补偿也可以通过在大约过滤器的标称截止频率处感测反射光强度或功率来提供。 基于强度和干涉式的反射换能器可用于本发明。

    Spatially-weighted two-mode optical fiber sensors
    10.
    发明授权
    Spatially-weighted two-mode optical fiber sensors 失效
    空间加权双模光纤传感器

    公开(公告)号:US5224182A

    公开(公告)日:1993-06-29

    申请号:US751738

    申请日:1991-08-29

    摘要: Tapered two-mode optic fibers are used as sensors with sensitivity varying as a function of length. The optical fiber sensors act as vibrational-mode filters thereby performing initial signal processing of the sensor signal. The sensors are based on the differential propagation constant in a two-mode fiber that is directly dependent on the normalized frequency or V-number. Tapering the fiber changes the V-number and hence can change the sensitivity of the sensor along its length. By choosing an appropriate weighting function in the manufacture of the sensor, it is possible to implement vibrational-mode analysis, vibrational-mode filtering and other functions that are critical in control system applications.

    摘要翻译: 锥形双模光纤被用作灵敏度随长度变化的传感器。 光纤传感器用作振动模式滤波器,由此执行传感器信号的初始信号处理。 传感器基于直接取决于归一化频率或V数的双模光纤中的差分传播常数。 纤维的锥度改变了V号,因此可以改变传感器沿其长度的灵敏度。 通过在传感器的制造中选择适当的加权函数,可以实现在控制系统应用中至关重要的振动模式分析,振动模式滤波和其他功能。