Performance of fiber optic sensors for aircraft applications

Author

Lewis, Norris E. ; Miller, Michael B.

fYear

1988

fDate

23-27 May 1988

Firstpage

162

Abstract

Measured performance is presented for passive fiber-optic sensors including a rotary position sensor, a pressure sensor, and a temperature sensor. A liner position sensor derived from the principles of the rotary sensor is also presented. The use of a common sensing principle utilizing wavelength-division multiplexing is detailed. The requirements for the light source and receiver/decoder and the current status of development are discussed. Environmental performance data for the rotary sensor system are given

Keywords

aircraft instrumentation; angular measurement; fibre optic sensors; pressure transducers; thermometers; WDM; aircraft applications; aircraft instruments; common sensing principle; fiber optic sensors; light source requirements; liner position sensor; passive fiber-optic sensors; performance; pressure sensor; receiver requirements; rotary position sensor; status of development; temperature sensor; wavelength-division multiplexing; Aircraft; Decoding; Light sources; Optical fiber sensors; Position measurement; Pressure measurement; Sensor systems; Temperature sensors; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace and Electronics Conference, 1988. NAECON 1988., Proceedings of the IEEE 1988 National

Conference_Location

Dayton, OH

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NAECON.1988.195009

Filename

195009