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Lecture 16

This document provides an overview of fiber optic sensors. It defines fiber optic sensors as devices that measure physical parameters like strain, temperature, pressure, velocity and acceleration by detecting variations in light transmitted through optical fibers. The document discusses the advantages of fiber optic sensors over electrical sensors, including immunity to electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. It also outlines several types of fiber optic sensors and provides details on specific products like displacement, pressure, and temperature transducers.

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Lecture 16

This document provides an overview of fiber optic sensors. It defines fiber optic sensors as devices that measure physical parameters like strain, temperature, pressure, velocity and acceleration by detecting variations in light transmitted through optical fibers. The document discusses the advantages of fiber optic sensors over electrical sensors, including immunity to electromagnetic and radio frequency interference. It also outlines several types of fiber optic sensors and provides details on specific products like displacement, pressure, and temperature transducers.

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LECTURE 16

FIBER OPTIC SENSOR

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FIBER OPTIC SENSORS

LECTURE 16
Myoungsu Shin
Department of Civil Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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CONTENTS
 Definition of Fiber Optic Sensors

 Appearance of Fiber Optic Sensors

 Application (Usage) areas

 Advantages over Electrical Sensors

 Supporting Technology

 Types of Fiber Optic Sensors

 Introducing Several Products

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FIBER OPTIC SENSORS?
 Dictionary: any device in which variations in the transmitted
power or the rate of transmission of light in optical fiber are
the means of measurement or control

 To measure physical parameters such as strain, temperature,


pressure, velocity, and acceleration

 Optical fibers: strands of glass that transmit light over long


distances (wire in electrical systems)

 Light: transmitted by continuous internal reflections in


optical fibers (electron in electrical systems)

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What Does F.O.S. Look Like?

 Strain Gage  Displacement Transducer

 Embeddable Strain Gage

 Temperature Transducer

 Pressure Transducer

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What Does F.O.S. Look Like? (Cont’d)

Fiber Optic Sensor vs. Electrical Sensor


Various Fiber Optic Censors
Fiber Optic Shape Tape
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ADVANTAGES

 Immunity to electromagnetic interference (EMI) and radio


frequency interference (RFI)
 All-passive dielectric characteristic: elimination of
conductive paths in high-voltage environments
 Inherent safety and suitability for extreme vibration and
explosive environments
 Tolerant of high temperatures (>1450 C) and corrosive
environments
 Light weight, and small size

 High sensitivity

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SUPPORTING TECHNOLOGY
 Kapron (1970) demonstrated that the attenuation of light in fused
silica fiber was low enough that long transmission links were
possible
 Procedure in Fiber optic sensor systems:
 Transmit light from a light source along an optical fiber to a sensor,
which sense only the change of a desired environmental parameter.

 The sensor modulates the characteristics (intensity, wave length,


amplitude, phase) of the light.

 The modulated light is transmitted from the sensor to the signal


processor and converted into a signal that is processed in the control
system.

 The properties of light involved in fiber optic censors: reflection,


refraction, interference and grating 8
Displacement Transducer
 Involved technology: Thin Film Fizeau Interferometer (TFFI)
 Linear Stroke: 25 mm
 Resolution: 0.002 mm (no averaging)
0.0002 mm (averaging with signal condition)
 Operating temperature: -150 C to 350 C (cable dependent)
 Transducer dimensions: Length 103 mm, O.D. 13 mm
 Fiber optic cable: Length 1.5 m, Custom length up to 5 km

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Pressure Transducer
 Involved technology: Fabry-Perot interferometer
 Pressure range: From 0-0.3 bar (5 psi) up to 0-700 bar (1000 psi)
 Resolution: 0.01% of FS
 Precision: 0.1% of FS
 Operating temperature: -20 to 350 C (650 F)
 Thermal sensitivity: 0.01% of reading/ 1 C
 Gauge dimensions: O.D. 19 mm, length 51 to 102 mm
depending on pressure range
 Fiber optic cable: Length 10 m, Custom length up to 5 km

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Temperature Transducer
 Involved technology: Fabry-Perot interferometer
 Temperature Range: FOT-L: -40 to +250 C, FOT-H: -40 to +350 C
 Resolution: 0.1 C
 Accuracy: 1 C or 1% of FS (whichever is greater)
 Response time: Less than 1.5 second
 Gauge dimensions: Sensitive zone length 10 mm, Probe O.D. 1.45 mm
 Fiber optic cable: Length 1.5 m, Custom up to 5 km

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