Title :
Design challenges of a high speed tunable laser interrogator for future spacecraft health monitoring
Author :
Ibrahim, Selwan K. ; O´Dowd, John A. ; McCue, Raymond ; Honniball, Arthur ; Farnan, Martin
Author_Institution :
FAZ Technol. Ltd., Dublin, Ireland
Abstract :
We report the performance results achieved for a high speed, high resolution optical FBG interrogator with a repeatability <;5fm@80Hz BW and precision <;200fm (p-p), designed for space applications on a launcher or atmospheric re-entry vehicle.
Keywords :
Bragg gratings; fibre optic sensors; laser beam applications; laser tuning; semiconductor lasers; atmospheric reentry vehicle; design challenges; high speed high resolution optical FBG interrogator; high speed tunable laser interrogator; launcher; space applications; spacecraft health monitoring; Accuracy; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
