Impulse sensing with optical fiber interferometers |
| |
Authors: | M. A. Butler |
| |
Affiliation: | Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque, NM, 87185 |
| |
Abstract: | A method is proposed for using optical fiber interferometers to detect single energy impulses of very short time duration. The interferometer is used to measure the periodic strains induced in a mass that is shock-excited into mechanical oscillation by an energy impulse. This technique is demonstrated using an optical fiber ring resonator to measure the energy content of current pulses with durations in the microsecond range. |
| |
Keywords: | First Order And Second Order Dispersion Laser Linewidth Power Penalty Compensation |
|
|