Radiant energy – Ionic separation or analysis – Static field-type ion path-bending selecting means
Patent
1987-02-02
1988-10-04
Sikes, William L.
Radiant energy
Ionic separation or analysis
Static field-type ion path-bending selecting means
250227, 356345, G02B 616
Patent
active
047752165
ABSTRACT:
A fiber optic sensor array comprises a single transmit optical fiber for guiding an incident optical signal through a plurality of sensing segments in the transmit optical fiber arranged in a series array. The sensor array may includes a single return optical fiber, or the sensors may be arranged in groups with all the member of one group being connected to a corresponding return fiber. Optical couplers formed between the transmit and return optical fibers couple a portion of the incident signal into the return fiber after the signal propagates through each sensing segment. A loop is formed in the transmit fiber at each optical coupler so that the incident signal travels through the sensing segments in one direction and through the return fiber in the opposite direction. The couplers may be identical and may be have either symmertical or asymmetrical coupling coefficients. Asymmetrical couplers may be used to attenuate the intensities of undesired signals that recirculate in the loops of the array.
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Gonazalez Frank
Litton Systems Inc.
Lynn John H.
Sikes William L.
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