Optics: measuring and testing – Material strain analysis
Patent
1997-02-12
2000-06-06
Hantis, K. P.
Optics: measuring and testing
Material strain analysis
G01B 1116
Patent
active
060725672
ABSTRACT:
A system for vertical seismic profiling of an earth borehole includes an optical fiber having a plurality of Bragg grating sensors formed therein, each one of the Bragg grating sensors being tuned to reflect a respective bandwidth of light, each bandwidth having a different respective central wavelength. Each of the Bragg grating sensors are responsive to an input light signal, a static strain, a dynamic strain and a temperature strain for each providing a respective light signal indicative of static and dynamic forces and temperature at a respective sensor location. The physical spacing and wavelength spacing of the Bragg grating sensors are known such that each of the sensing light signals are easily correlated to a specific depth. The Bragg grating sensors are tuned such that when a sensor is subjected to a maximum static strain, maximum dynamic strain, and a maximum temperature strain, the maximum wavelength shift of a respective sensing light signal does not cause the frequency of the sensing light signal to enter the bandwidth of another one of the plurality of Bragg grating sensors.
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CiDRA Corporation
Hantis K. P.
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