Optical fiber sensors for spacecraft: Applications and challenges

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5554, Issue , 2004, Pages 120-131

  Friebele, E Joseph ^a   Askins, Charles G ^a   Miller, Gary A ^b   Peele, John R ^a   Wasserman, Lucienne R ^b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings; Fiber optic sensors; Interferometric fiber optic gyroscope; Space radiation; Strain sensing

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; DATA COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; INTERFEROMETRY; MULTIPLEXING; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SPACECRAFT;

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPES (HST); INTERFEROMETRIC FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES; SPACE RADIATION; STRAIN SENSING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 14944342574     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.562393     Document Type: Conference Paper

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