Fiber optic sensors for the monitoring of cryogenic spacecraft tank structures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5579, Issue PART 1, 2004, Pages 195-204

  Latka, Ines ^a   Ecke, Wolfgang ^a   Höfer, Bernd ^a   Chojetzki, Christoph ^a   Reutlinger, Arnd ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PHOTONIC TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b OHB SYSTEM AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg grating; Fiber optic sensor; Hydrogen sensor; Liquid hydrogen tank; Palladium foil; Strain sensor; Temperature sensor

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CRYOGENIC EQUIPMENT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SOURCES; METAL FOIL; MONITORING; PALLADIUM; PH SENSORS; SPACECRAFT; TANKS (CONTAINERS);

HYDROGEN SENSORS; LIQUID HYDROGEN TANKS; PALLADIUM FOILS; STRAIN SENSORS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 21944448330     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.567353     Document Type: Conference Paper

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