OPTICAL FIBER TIME DOMAIN SENSOR NETWORKS

Award Information

Agency: Department of Defense

Branch: Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Contract: N/A

Agency Tracking Number: 15296

Amount: $49,590.00

Phase: Phase I

Program: SBIR

Solicitation Topic Code: N/A

Solicitation Number: N/A

Timeline

Solicitation Year: N/A

Award Year: 1991

Award Start Date (Proposal Award Date): N/A

Award End Date (Contract End Date): N/A

Small Business Information

Fimod Corp

Po Box 11192

Blacksburg, VA 24062

United States

DUNS: N/A

HUBZone Owned: No

Woman Owned: No

Socially and Economically Disadvantaged: No

Principal Investigator

Name: Bernd Zimmermann
Title: Principal Investigator
Phone: (703) 552-9289

Business Contact

Phone: () -

Research Institution

N/A

Abstract

WE PROPOSE AN ALL-DIELECTRIC FIBER OPTIC TIME DOMAIN SENSOR NETWORK WHICH ALLOWS QUASI-DISTRIBUTED, REAL TIME STRAIN, TEMPERATURE, AND PRESSURE MONITORING. THE SYSTEM PROVIDES FAST DATA RATES, PROVIDES LOW SIGNAL ATTENUATION, OFFERS IMMUNITY TO CORROSION AND ELECTRO-MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE, AND REDUCES NETWORKING COMPLEXITY. THE PROPOSED FIBER ARRAY IS AMENABLE TO SUBMERSED AND/OR BURIED APPLICATIONS, AND MAY OPERATE OVER A WIDE TEMPERATURE RANGE. THE SENSORS ARE BASED ON TIME DOMAIN PRINCIPLES WHERE PARAMETERS TO BE MONITORED ARE DETERMINED FROM CHANGES IN OPTICAL PULSE TIME OF FLIGHT. NOVEL FIBER OPTIC REENTRANT LOOP TECHNOLOGY IS PROPOSED TO ALLOW UNPRECEDENTED TIME DOMAIN MEASUREMENT RESOLUTION. THE PROPOSED SYSTEM OFFERS EXTREMELY RELIABLE, MULTI-PARAMETER, QUASI-DISTRIBUTED SENSING CAPABILITIES. COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS INCLUDE PLANT ENVIRONMENTS, BUILDING SAFETY, AND QUANTITATIVE NON-DESTRUCTIVE EVALUATION.

* Information listed above is at the time of submission. *

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OPTICAL FIBER TIME DOMAIN SENSOR NETWORKS