GB2137767B - Optical fibre transducer - Google Patents

Optical fibre transducer

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Publication number
GB2137767B
GB2137767B GB08306015A GB8306015A GB2137767B GB 2137767 B GB2137767 B GB 2137767B GB 08306015 A GB08306015 A GB 08306015A GB 8306015 A GB8306015 A GB 8306015A GB 2137767 B GB2137767 B GB 2137767B
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Prior art keywords
optical fibre
fibre transducer
transducer
optical
fibre
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Expired
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GB08306015A
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GB2137767A (en
Inventor
Jack Marcus Keen
Shane William Thornton
Michael Laurence Henning
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Plessey Co Ltd
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Plessey Co Ltd
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Priority to GB08306015A priority Critical patent/GB2137767B/en
Priority to AU25201/84A priority patent/AU578411B2/en
Publication of GB2137767A publication Critical patent/GB2137767A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2137767B publication Critical patent/GB2137767B/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02F—OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS
    • G02F1/00—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics
    • G02F1/01—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour 
    • G02F1/0128—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on electro-mechanical, magneto-mechanical, elasto-optic effects
    • G02F1/0131—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on electro-mechanical, magneto-mechanical, elasto-optic effects based on photo-elastic effects, e.g. mechanically induced birefringence
    • G02F1/0134—Devices or arrangements for the control of the intensity, colour, phase, polarisation or direction of light arriving from an independent light source, e.g. switching, gating or modulating; Non-linear optics for the control of the intensity, phase, polarisation or colour  based on electro-mechanical, magneto-mechanical, elasto-optic effects based on photo-elastic effects, e.g. mechanically induced birefringence in optical waveguides
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L1/00—Measuring force or stress, in general
    • G01L1/24—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis using infrared, visible light, ultraviolet
    • G01L1/242—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis using infrared, visible light, ultraviolet the material being an optical fibre
    • G01L1/243—Measuring force or stress, in general by measuring variations of optical properties of material when it is stressed, e.g. by photoelastic stress analysis using infrared, visible light, ultraviolet the material being an optical fibre using means for applying force perpendicular to the fibre axis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G01—MEASURING; TESTING
    • G01L—MEASURING FORCE, STRESS, TORQUE, WORK, MECHANICAL POWER, MECHANICAL EFFICIENCY, OR FLUID PRESSURE
    • G01L11/00—Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by means not provided for in group G01L7/00 or G01L9/00
    • G01L11/02—Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by means not provided for in group G01L7/00 or G01L9/00 by optical means
    • G01L11/025—Measuring steady or quasi-steady pressure of a fluid or a fluent solid material by means not provided for in group G01L7/00 or G01L9/00 by optical means using a pressure-sensitive optical fibre

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  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Nonlinear Science (AREA)
  • Optics & Photonics (AREA)
  • Measurement Of Mechanical Vibrations Or Ultrasonic Waves (AREA)
GB08306015A 1983-03-04 1983-03-04 Optical fibre transducer Expired GB2137767B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08306015A GB2137767B (en) 1983-03-04 1983-03-04 Optical fibre transducer
AU25201/84A AU578411B2 (en) 1983-03-04 1984-03-01 Optical fibre transducer

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB08306015A GB2137767B (en) 1983-03-04 1983-03-04 Optical fibre transducer

Publications (2)

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GB2137767A GB2137767A (en) 1984-10-10
GB2137767B true GB2137767B (en) 1987-01-14

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GB08306015A Expired GB2137767B (en) 1983-03-04 1983-03-04 Optical fibre transducer

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GB (1) GB2137767B (en)

Families Citing this family (2)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2414543B (en) 2004-05-25 2009-06-03 Polarmetrix Ltd Method and apparatus for detecting pressure distribution in fluids
GB0424305D0 (en) 2004-11-03 2004-12-01 Polarmetrix Ltd Phase-disturbance location and measurement in optical-fibre interferometric reflectometry

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AU2520184A (en) 1984-09-06
AU578411B2 (en) 1988-10-27
GB2137767A (en) 1984-10-10

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732 Registration of transactions, instruments or events in the register (sect. 32/1977)
PCNP Patent ceased through non-payment of renewal fee

Effective date: 19930304