Optical waveguides – With optical coupler – Input/output coupler
Patent
1989-03-14
1991-11-12
Sikes, William L.
Optical waveguides
With optical coupler
Input/output coupler
340578, 385123, G02B 602, G02B 616
Patent
active
050642715
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic fire and overheat sensor system 10 includes a fiber optic cable 12 having a lens 14 at a distal to direct radiation from a fire 16 into the cable 12 and to a radiation detector 18 disposed at a proximal end of the cable 12. Detector 18 is coupled to a fire sensor 19. The detector 18 is sensitive to two wavelength bands including a short wavelength band of approximately 0.8 to approximately 1.1 microns and a long-wavelength band of approximately 1.8 to approximately 2.1 microns. A controller 21, such as a microprocessor, analyzes the fire sensor 19 output signals which correspond to the two spectral bands to determine if a fire is present. The system 10 further includes a body of fluorescent material 20 disposed at the distal end of the cable 12. The material 20 can be interposed between a reflecting surface, such as a mirror 22, and a lens, such as a collimating lens 24. A fiber optic coupler 26 and 26a launches radiation from a source 28, such as a laser diode, into the fiber optic cable 12. The fluorescent material is pumped by the source 28 at a first wavelength, the rate of decay of a resulting fluorescent emission being measured and correlated with predetermined decay rates to derive the temperature of the material 20 and, hence, the ambient temperature of a region within which the material 20 is disposed.
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Kern Mark T.
Shamordola Kenneth A.
Tangonan Gregory L.
Wetzork John M.
Denson-Low W. K.
Santa Barbara Research Center
Schubert W. C.
Sikes William L.
Wise Robert E.
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