Title :
A Fiber-Optic Temperature Sensor For Marine Applications
Author :
Bock, Wojtek J. ; Nawrocka, Magdalena S. ; Martynkien, Tadeusz ; Urbanczyk, Waclaw ; Demers, Serge
Author_Institution :
Departement d´´informatique et d´´ingenierie, Univ. du Quebec en Outaouais, Montreal, Que.
Abstract :
This paper describes the principle of operation, construction and preliminary characterization of a fiber-optic temperature sensor, specifically designed for marine environment. The sensing element was a fibercore highly birefringent (HB) fiber operated at 800 nm wavelength, and the decoding system was based on the principle of white-light interferometry. An overall absolute accuracy better than 1% of full scale has been achieved as required
Keywords :
birefringence; fibre optic sensors; light interferometry; marine engineering; temperature sensors; 800 nm; decoding system; fiber-optic sensor; fibercore highly birefringent fiber; marine environment; temperature sensor; white-light interferometry; Application software; Decoding; Ocean temperature; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Optoelectronic and photonic sensors; Pollution measurement; Sea measurements; Temperature sensors; fiber-optic sensors; temperature calibration; temperature measurement in marine environment;
Conference_Titel :
Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2005. IMTC 2005. Proceedings of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Ottawa, Ont.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8879-8
DOI :
10.1109/IMTC.2005.1604302
