Year: 2012
Type: book-chapter
Abstract: By their very nature, optical fibers and, by extension, intrinsic and extrinsic optical fiberbased\nsensors are promising devices to be used in very different and complex environments\nconsidering their characteristics such as: capabilities to work under strong electromagnetic\nfields; possibility to carry multiplexed signals (time, wavelength multiplexing); small size\nand low mass; ability to handle multi-parameter measurements in distributed configuration;\npossibility to monitor sites far away from the controller; their availability to be incorporated\ninto the monitored structure; wide bandwidth for communication applications. In the case\nof the optical fibers, the possibility to be incorporated into various types of sensors and\nactuators, free of additional hazards (i.e. fire, explosion), made them promising candidates\nto operate in special or adverse conditions as those required by space or terrestrial\napplications (spacecraft on board instrumentation, nuclear facilities, future fusion\ninstallations, medical treatment and diagnostics premises, medical equipment sterilization).\nMajor advantages to be considered in using optical fibers/optical fiber sensors for radiation\ndetection and monitoring refer to: real-time interrogation capabilities, possibility to design\nspatially resolved solutions (the capability to build array detectors), in-vivo investigations\n(i.e. inside the body measurements).
Source: InTech eBooks
DOI: 10.5772/29119
Authors: Dan Sporea, Adelina Sporea, Sinead OKeeffe, Denis McCarthy, Elfed Lewis
Language: English
Topic: Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
Subfield: Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Field: Engineering
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W1533594803