Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a support (14) having a wave guide (42) allowing the propagation of light of at least one wavelength, generating evanescent waves outwards. According to the invention, the device comprises means for receiving a liquid sample, designed to receive the liquid sample upon contact of the wave guide (42) in such a way as to impregnate the wave guide with a portion of the liquid sample, and actuatable means for breaking the contact between the liquid sample and the wave guide (42).
Abstract:
Aspects of the present disclosure describe improved distributed acoustic sensing using dynamic range suppression of optical time domain reflectometry either by using a feedback loop comprising optical and electrical elements or using a nonlinear element in the electrical domain after coherent detection. When using a feedback loop, the amplitude of the periodic waveform of coherent OTDR can be inverted. This allows optical pre-compensation of the received optical signal before coherent detection with the goal of minimizing amplitude dynamic range. Alternatively, a nonlinear element in the electrical domain can reduce amplitude dynamic range before sampling by analog-to-digital converters (ADC).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a support (14) having a wave guide (42) allowing the propagation of light of at least one wavelength, generating evanescent waves outwards. According to the invention, the device comprises means for receiving a liquid sample, designed to receive the liquid sample upon contact of the wave guide (42) in such a way as to impregnate the wave guide with a portion of the liquid sample, and actuatable means for breaking the contact between the liquid sample and the wave guide (42).
Abstract:
The invention relates to a device (10) comprising a support (14) having a wave guide (42) allowing the propagation of light of at least one wavelength, generating evanescent waves outwards. According to the invention, the device comprises means for receiving a liquid sample, designed to receive the liquid sample upon contact of the wave guide (42) in such a way as to impregnate the wave guide with a portion of the liquid sample, and actuatable means for breaking the contact between the liquid sample and the wave guide (42).
Abstract:
A sweep sensor may include a signal source, a propagation medium, and a detector. By transmitting an interrogating signal from the signal source into the propagation medium, detectable disturbances along the medium can physically alter the characteristics of the medium, which may cause a measurable change in the backscattered signal at the detector. Based on the change, it may be possible to locate the geographic origins of the physical disturbances along the propagation medium, or to determine the nature of the disturbances, or both. For example, it is generally possible to estimate the approximate distance between the detector and the disturbance given the time required to obtain the backscattered signal and the velocity of the signal source in the propagation medium. Further, in some embodiments, it is possible to quantify the amount of disturbance.
Abstract:
Methods and apparatus for producing an optical waveguide illuminator are disclosed. By controlling the propagation of light in the core and cladding regions of the waveguide, distributed light emission along a length of an optical fiber or along a planar waveguide surface can be achieved by varying the core/cladding refractive index ratio and introducing light scattering centers in the core.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote water sensing system and method with optical fiber, for forming a neural network with sensing ability.SOLUTION: A remote water sensing system and method with optical fiber, comprises (1) a water sensor which is an optical element in accordance with the principle of detection of optical path return loss and provided with reusable features to sense the state of having water or not, and (2) a signal processing control unit which emits monitoring light source signals with an Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR), an Optical Frequency Modulated/Continuous Wave (OFMCW), or a light source and an optical power meter, and accepts optical signals fed back from the water sensor, to determine whether the monitoring position is touching the water or not. The method can be applied in other fields, such as optical cable connection box watering monitoring, telecommunications facilities flooding alarm, and monitoring and alarm for a low-lying area or river water level of a bridge.
Abstract:
A permeable optical fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) for distributed gas sensing is described. The fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) has got core (101, 502, 602) and cladding (102, 501, 601) structure. It can be arranged in a plurality of ways, but could have a permeable polymer cladding (102, 501, 601) to let the gas go inside the fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) and a silica core (101, 502, 602) to guide light. The polymer cladding (102, 501, 601) is also designed to protect the fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) from physical damage. In the optical fibers (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) some small part of light is distributed in the region of cladding (102, 501, 601), and the permeable cladding (102, 501, 601) makes the interaction between surrounding gas the guided light possible, and then the sensing of the gas surrounding the fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) is realized by the laser absorption spectroscopy. The proposed sensing fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) is preferentially used for long distance gas sensing system using a variety of arrangements, including the use of sections of the gas permeable fiber (100, 202, 304, 403, 701) as sensors located at various sites, and optically accessed through normal fiber transmission or by using the differential absorption lidar technique, there spatial concentrations along the same long fiber are measured by time-of-flight or phase shift techniques. Numerous gases can be monitored in connection with industrial, agricultural, mining operations, etc.
Abstract:
L'invention concerne un dispositif (10) comprenant un support (14) comportant un guide d'onde (42) permettant la propagation de lumière à au moins une longueur d'onde générant vers l'extérieur des ondes évanescentes. Selon l'invention le dispositif comprend des moyens de réception d'un échantillon liquide configurés pour réceptionner l'échantillon le liquide au contact du guide d'onde (42) de manière à imprégner le guide d'onde avec une partie de l'échantillon liquide et des moyens actionnables de retrait du contact de l'échantillon liquide d'avec du guide d'onde (42).