Description

The os100-200 Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Sensor Array is five sensors in series in polyamide coated fiber without any splices. It can be mounted directly on a structure to provide an optical alternative to conventional strain or temperature sensors (see advantages below).

Installation is easy as the os100-200 is mounted using conventional techniques and is designed for use as a single sensor or in series as part of a FBG array of sensors.

All Micron Optics sensors demonstrate excellent compatibility with Micron Optics sensing instruments and the combination is shown to be as accurate and linear as conventional sensing systems. Please feel free to contact Micron Optics or one of our authorized Value-Added Resellers about your particular optical sensing application.

Micron Optics' FBG Sensors are differentiated from other general purpose FBGs by having passed Micron Optics THREE STEP CRITERIA for defining a genuine FBG Sensor: (1) Sensing Performance, (2) Sensor Coating, and (3) Sensor Qualification. As a result, these UTC Licensed FBG Sensors can be used “As Is” in a variety of sensing applications or can be used as “Core Sensor Building Blocks” for higher level specialized sensors with applications in a variety of sensing fields (examples: Load Cells, Oil Pressure Sensors, Strain Sensors, Temperature Sensors, Accelerometers). Our FBG Sensor customers are protected through our transferable, worldwide UTC-MOI License Agreement. Micron Optics is committed to enabling customers to focus their efforts and energy on creating useful and exciting applications in Optical Sensing.

Applications

Long-term monitoring, risk and damage assessment of:

• Civil Structures/Civionics (bridges, dams, tunnels, buildings)
  

• Energy (wind turbines, pipelines, nuclear reactors)
  

• Aerospace Vehicles (composite structures, wind tunnels, dynamic tests)
  

• Oil & Gas (platform structural health monitoring)
  

• Marine Vessels (hull, mast, rudder, submarine pressure tests)
  

• Transportation (railways, roadways)
  

Advantages of FBG Sensors

Multi-Sensor Arrays - easily facilitates many sensors on a single fiber

Remote Sensing - long distances between sensors or between sensors and instrument

Small Physical Size - can be embedded directly into concrete or composite structures

Simple, Low Cost Installation - due to multi-sensor array feature

Passive Sensor - eliminates ESD and spark hazard, and immune to electromagnetic interference

Insensitive to Corrosion

Hard to Detect - small in size, made of glass fiber, uses lightwaves not visible to the naked eye, no electromagnetic field generation by the sensor

Variety of Sensors Available - strain, temperature, displacement, pressure, etc...