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Fiber optic sensors provide measurements in applications that are not possible with conventional electrical based sensors.
Technologies at Luna Innovations
Fiber Optic Sensors
Fiber optic sensors can measure a large range of physical, chemical and environmental variables such as temperature, pressure, shape/position, displacement, chemical concentration, moisture, acceleration, load, skin friction, flow and strain. Fiber optic sensors provide measurements in applications that are not possible with conventional electrical based sensors due to measurement requirements such as extreme temperature, small size, high sensor count, or high electromagnetic energy or radiation environments. Luna Innovations is researching and developing next-generation sensing products that meet these requirements and maintain low cost, durability and highly multiplexed operation.
Why Fiber Optic Sensors?
- Improve Measurements - Better accuracy, better sensitivity, electromagnetic interference(EMI)/radio frequency interference(RFI)/radiation immunity
- Reduce Costs - Low-cost manufacturing; less labor-intensive to install/use; lower life-cycle costs through more reliable long-term operation
- Operate in Harsh Environments - The small, light-weight and rugged nature of optical fiber, and high temperature operational capabilities, allows for measurements in locations that are not possible with conventional sensors
- Faster Measurements - Single connection, self-calibrating, high-frequency measurements
- Remote Operation - Low loss optical fiber allows distances of several kilometers between the sensing transducer and the demodulation system if required
- Highly Multiplexed - High optical bandwidth of fiber allows multiplexing of thousands of sensors in a single optical fiber strand, extremely small sensors allows multi-parameter measurements at a single monitoring location
- Intrinsic Safety - Inherent immunity to electromagnetic interference and completely passive – no electronic signals at the sensor location
