• International Journal of Aeronautical and Space Sciences
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• 제17권1호
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• pp.37-44
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• 2016

Optical fiber temperature sensing systems have incomparable advantages over traditional electrical-cable-based monitoring systems. However, the fiber optic interrogators and sensors have often been rejected as a temperature monitoring technology in real-world industrial applications because of high cost and over-specification. This study proposes a multiplexed fiber optic temperature monitoring sensor system using an economical Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) and Hard-Polymer-Clad Fiber (HPCF). HPCF is a special optical fiber in which a hard polymer cladding made of fluoroacrylate acts as a protective coating for an inner silica core. An OTDR is an optical loss measurement system that provides optical loss and event distance measurement in real time. A temperature sensor array with the five sensor nodes at 10-m interval was economically and quickly made by locally stripping HPCF clad through photo-thermal and photo-chemical processes using a continuous/pulse hybrid-mode laser. The exposed cores created backscattering signals in the OTDR attenuation trace. It was demonstrated that the backscattering peaks were independently sensitive to temperature variation. Since the 1.5-mm-long exposed core showed a 5-m-wide backscattering peak, the OTDR with a spatial resolution of 40 mm allows for making a sensor node at every 5 m for independent multiplexing. The performance of the sensor node included an operating range of up to $120^{\circ}C$, a resolution of $0.59^{\circ}C$, and a temperature sensitivity of $-0.00967dB/^{\circ}C$. Temperature monitoring errors in the environment tests stood at $0.76^{\circ}C$ and $0.36^{\circ}C$ under the temperature variation of the unstrapped fiber region and the vibration of the sensor node. The small sensitivities to the environment and the economic feasibility of the highly multiplexed HPCF temperature monitoring sensor system will be important advantages for use as system-integrated temperature sensors.

• 센서학회지
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• 제23권2호
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• pp.110-113
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a Fabry-Perot interferometer (FPI) optical fiber tip sensor fabricated by a blade-sawing technique using a fiber optic patch cord for high-resolution temperature measurement. The sensor head consists of a short air FP cavity near the tip of a single-mode fiber patch cord tip. The temperature which we can measure is determined through a phase variation of the interference fringes in the reflective spectrum of the sensor. The fiber optic FPI sensor in this work can monitor the environmental temperature very accurately from 40 to $120^{\circ}C$. As a result, the temperature sensitivity is obtained as $38.2pm/^{\circ}C$.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.64-71
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• 2006

전력설비의 비정상적인 온도변화를 감시할 목적으로 10개의 광섬유격자를 이용하여 $1[^{\circ}C]$ 이내의 온도분해능을 가지는 준분배형 광섬유 온도센서를 제작하였다. 파장가변 FP 필터를 스캔하여 얻어지는 PD 출력파형의 피크위치를 검색하여 광섬유격자 센서의 출력변화를 읽어내었고, 가우시안 line-fitting 알고리즘으로 광섬유격자의 반사스펙트럼 왜곡에 의한 영향을 보상하고 정밀도를 향상시켰다. 제작한 센서시스템과 기준 온도계로 사용한 thermocouple 간의 측정값 오차는 1[%] 이내이며, 선형화 오차는 약 0.37[%]으로 측정되었다.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제26권2호
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• pp.44-50
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• 2012

When the fiber Bragg gratings are embedded in a fiber-optic Sagnac loop for measuring temperature or strain, it is difficult to separate the Bragg wavelengths. The transmitted light is mixed with the reflected Bragg wavelengths in the photo-detector, working as noises. To suppress the noises, we placed the FBG sensors and a fiber-optic attenuator at asymmetric positions in the loop. With the arrangement the reflected light became much bigger than the transmitted light, enabling the separation of the reflected Bragg wavelengths with almost the same signal-to-noise ratio of the FBG sensors outside the loop.

• Smart Structures and Systems
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.41-54
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• 2013

Concrete is known as a heterogeneous product which is composed of complex chemical composition and reaction. The development of concrete thermal effect during early age is critical on its future structural health and long term durability. When cement is mixed with water, the exothermic chemical reaction generates hydration heat, which raises the temperature within the concrete. Consequently, cracking may occur if the concrete temperature rises too high or if there is a large temperature difference between the interior and the exterior of concrete structures during early age hydration. This paper describes the contribution of novel Fabry-Perot (FP) fiber optic temperature sensors to investigate the thermal effects of concrete hydration process. Concrete specimens were manufactured under various water-to-cement (w/c) ratios from 0.40 to 0.60. During the first 24 hours of concreting, two FP fiber optic temperature sensors were inserted into concrete specimens with the protection of copper tubing to monitor the surface and core temperature change. The experimental results revealed effects of w/c ratios on surface and core temperature developments during early age hydration, as well as demonstrating that FP fiber optic sensors are capable of capturing temperature variation in the concrete with reliable performance. Temperature profiles are used for calculating the apparent activation energy ($E_a$) and the heat of hydration (H(t)) of concrete, which can help us to better understand cement hydration.

• 한국복합재료학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국복합재료학회 2001년도 춘계학술발표대회 논문집
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• pp.244-249
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• 2001

In this paper, we present the simultaneous measurement of the fabricaition strain and temperature during and after cure of unsymmetric composite laminate uising fiber optic sensors. Fiber Bragg grating/extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (FBG/EFPl) hybrid sensors are used to measure those measurands. The characteristic matrix of sensor is analytically derived and measurements can be done without sensor calibration. A wavelength-swept fiber laser is utilized as a light source. FBG/EFPI sensors are embedded in a graphite/epoxy unsymmetric cross-ply composite laminate at different direction and different location. We perform the real time measurement of fabrication strains and temperatures at two points of the composite laminate during cure process in an autoclave. Also, the thermal strains and temperatures of the fabricated laminate are measured in thermal chamber. Through these experiments, we can provide a basis for the efficient smart processing of composite and know the thermal behavior of unsymmetric cross-ply composite laminate.

• 대한전자공학회논문지
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• 제27권11호
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• pp.119-125
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• 1990

전기광학 소자인 비스무스 실리콘 옥사이드($Bi_{12}SiO_{20}$ : 이하 BSO라 칭함)와 편광자(polarizer), 1/4파장판(1/4 waveplate), 검광자(analyzer)와 결합하여 광변조기를 만들었고 이를 전압세선로 이용할 수 있도록 전기광학 측정 시스템을 구성하고 그 특성을 실험하였다. 송수신부인 E/O 변환기 및 O/E 변환기는 LED와 PIN-PD로 구성하여 구동되며 전송로는 코아/클래드경이 $100/140{\mu}m$인 멀티모드 광파이버를 사용하였다. 센서부와 광파이버 사이에는 셀폭 마이크로렌즈로서 결합하였다. 실험에 앞서 맥스웰 방정식과 파동방정식을 이용하여 BSO 단결성 내부에서 일어나는 광파의 전파특성에 관한 행렬식을 구하였고 센서가 갖는 광강도 변조식을 유도하였다. 실험 결과로부터 제작된 BSO 전압 센서는 교류전압 50V~800V(60Hz)에서 ${\pm}2.5{\%}$ 측정오파를 보였다. 인가전압의 증가에 따라 출력의 포화값이 커지는데 이러한 현상은 광강도 변조식에서 센서의 선광성에 기인한다는 것을 확인할 수 있었다. 센서의 온도특성 실험결과 $-20^{\circ}C~60^{\circ}C$에서 변화율은 ${\pm}0.6{\%}$ 이하로 측정되었다. 주파수 특성실험 결과 DC~100KHz까지 양호한 특성을 나타냄을 확인할 수 있었다.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제63권9호
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• pp.1239-1244
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• 2014

In this study, two fiber-optic sensors were fabricated to measure water level and temperature using optical fibers, a coupler, a Lophine and an OTDR (optical time-domain reflectometer). First, using Fresnel's reflection generated at the distal-ends of each optical fiber, which was installed at different depth, we measured the water level according to the variation of water level. Next, we also measured the temperature of water using a temperature sensing probe based on the Lophine, whose absorbance changes with the temperature. The measurable temperature range of the fiber-optic sensor is from $5^{\circ}C$ to $65^{\circ}C$ because the maximum operation temperature of the optical fiber without a physical deterioration is up to $80^{\circ}C$.

• 조명전기설비학회논문지
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• 제21권7호
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• pp.54-60
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• 2007

15개의 광섬유 격자를 이용하여 전력설비의 온도변화를 상시 감시하는 분배형 광섬유 온도센서 시스템을 제작하였다. MEMS 파장가변 필터를 사용하는 복조시스템의 비선형 동작특성에 의한 측정오차를 보상하기 위하여 Fabry-Perot ITU 필터의 투과파장을 기준으로 하는 다항식 피팅 알고리즘을 사용하였다. 실험을 통하여 보상알고리즘이 구동주파수와 무관하게 센서시스템의 정밀도를 유지하는 것을 확인하였으며 기준 온도계로 사용한 써모커플과의 선형화 오차는 약 0.18[%]로 측정되었다.

• Current Optics and Photonics
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• 제6권3호
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• pp.297-303
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• 2022

Multiple fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) have been proposed and demonstrated for gas-flow measurements in a flow channel, using the temperature-difference method. This sensor consists of two FBG temperature sensors and two coil heaters. Coil heaters are used to heat the FBGs. The flow rate of the gas can be obtained by monitoring the difference in the Bragg-wavelength shifts of the two FBGs, which has features that exclude the effect of temperature fluctuations. In this study, experiments are conducted to measure the wavelength shift based on the flow rate, and to evaluate the gas-flow rate in a gas tube. Experimental results show that the sensor has a linear characteristic over a flow-rate range from 0 to 25 ℓ/min. The measured sensitivity of the sensor is 3.2 pm/(ℓ/min) at a coil current of 120 mA.