Applications of optical fiber sensing networks

Author

Nakamura, K.

Author_Institution

Furukawa Electr. Co. Ltd., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

15-19 July 2001

Abstract

Optical fiber sensing networks (OFSNs) have advantages based on the features of optical fibers: long length, low transmission loss, the capability of remote monitoring, corrosion resistance, and availability to remotely monitor exhaustive information distributed over wide areas. The author describes the two main categories of OFSNs, distributed sensing networks and multi-point sensing networks. Several applications of OFSNs relate to diagnosis and monitoring of large structures.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre networks; optical time-domain reflectometry; remote sensing; corrosion resistance; distributed oil sensing; distributed sensing networks; fiber Bragg grating; large structure monitoring; large-scale applications; long length; low transmission loss; multi-point sensing networks; optical fiber sensing networks; optical time domain reflectometry; remote monitoring; Bragg gratings; Fiber gratings; Monitoring; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber losses; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Petroleum; Strain measurement; Wire;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2001. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001. The 4th Pacific Rim Conference on

Conference_Location

Chiba, Japan

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6738-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOPR.2001.967942

Filename

967942