Books
Design and Development of Fiber Optic Gyroscopes, 2019
Realizing the potential of the fiber optic gyro, like the ring laser gyro, has been a long and expensive process. Many researchers have made important enabling contributions, and many more engineers have worked diligently for many years on solving the problems associated with realizing viable inertial navigation and guidance products at affordable costs. This book arose from efforts to form a special session to commemorate the fortieth anniversary of the first hardware demonstration of the fiber gyro in 1976 by Vali and Shorthill. The chapters contain contributions from key engineers and scientists who have worked from as early as 1977 to the present on manufacturing high- performance fiber gyros for many applications.
Fiber optic field guide SPIE Press, 2014
The continued improvement and reduction in costs associated with fiber optic technology associated with fiber optic sensors permit application areas that were previously inaccessible. These trends are expected to continue as a new techniques become available and older ones are successfully adapted to new applications. This Field Guide provides a broad introduction to a variety of fiber optic sensors that have been successfully developed from the 1970s to the present. A wide range of examples are provided to inspire readers with ideas for new sensors and users.
Fiber Optic Sensors: An Introduction for Engineers and Scientists Second Edition, 2011
Now updated to include the most recent developments in this rapidly advancing field. Fiber Optic Sensors fills the needs of both introductory and advanced courses on the topic while also offering a wealth of practical information to the professional. Drawing upon the wisdom of internationally recognized experts, the Second Edition provides through coverage of demonstrated sensor concepts as well as areas of future optic sensor development and application.
Initial chapters cover optical fibers, light sources, and detectors and optical modulators, while subsequent chapters cover:
- Extrinsic or hybrid fiber optic sensors
- Intensity sensors for monitoring physical parameters
- The Fabry-Perot fiber optic sensor
- The Mach-Zehnder interferometer
- Sagnac interferometer and fiber gyroscopes
- Displacement fiber optic sensors
- Polarization sensors
- Industrial applications of fiber optic sensors
- Fiber optic smart structures
- Fiber Bragg grating sensors
- Fiber biosensors
Fiber Optic Smart Structures, 1995
The first and only comprehensive reference on this important and emerging field. Fiber Optic Smart Structures is the ultimate resource for engineers, architects, researchers, and anyone with an interest in this promising new technology. Thirty-three of the world's leading professionals- many of them pioneers in the field- bring you comprehensive coverage of every important aspects of fiber optic smart structure technology, including its history and evolution, background technologies, structural and assembly issues, sensing devices, and numerous applications.