Accession Number:

ADD014462

Title:

Pressure Sensitive Optical Fiber Having Optimized Coatings.

Descriptive Note:

Filed 18 Oct 89,

Corporate Author:

DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY WASHINGTON DC

Personal Author(s):

• Lagakos, Nichols
• Buraro, Joseph A.

Report Date:

1989-10-18

Pagination or Media Count:

30.0

Abstract:

This invention relates to coatings for optical fibers to maximize their acoustic sensitivity and more particularly to such coatings which are selected from materials having high Youngs modulus andor low bulk modulus. Keywords Interferometric fiber optical sensors Pressure changes Acoustic fields Magnetic fields Electric fields Temperature changes Detectors Patent applications Optical detectors. KT

Descriptors:

• *ACOUSTIC DETECTORS
• *FIBER OPTICS
• *OPTICAL DETECTORS
• *PRESSURE GRADIENTS
• *PRESSURE MEASUREMENT
• *DETECTORS
• *TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE ELEMENTS
• ACOUSTIC FIELDS
• ACOUSTIC PROPERTIES
• BULK MODULUS
• COATINGS
• ELECTRIC FIELDS
• INTERFEROMETRY
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• OPTIMIZATION
• PATENT APPLICATIONS
• TEMPERATURE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
• SENSITIVITY
• TEMPERATURE

Subject Categories:

• Optical Detection and Detectors
• Acoustic Detection and Detectors
• Coatings, Colorants and Finishes

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE