Fiber Optic Sensors

Fiber offers unique features

• High bandwidth
• Immune to interference from electromagnetic fields
• Allows distributed sensing
• Biocompatible
• Intrinsically safe - no electricity at the sensor
• Can withstand harsh environments (temperatures, ambient)
• Very small and light-weight

If packaged properly, a fiber can withstand extreme and hostile environments. No need to worry about high electromagnetic fields, and radiative environments can be dealt with. The fiber can act as a sensor over its entire length, or it can be a single sensor with exceptional performance. In short - fiber optic sensing provides cost-efficient sensing in a wide range of applications and often offer unique technical performance.

Applications

Application areas include structural sensing, smart structures and civil engineering,  aerospace and security, sensing in oil and gas production, and health monitoring. One of the most common functions is temperature and strain/stress sensing, but a range of other parameters – such as pressure, magnetic field, voltage, chemical species and others – can also be measured.

Acreos offer

Acreo is an experienced partner within fiber optic sensors. Current projects include high precision (20nm) sensing, and temperature sensing in steel process plants. Other relevant fiber optic expertise are solutions for harsh environment fiber sensing (eg hermetic fiber), and high temperature fiber Bragg gratings.

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