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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 29, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2020
Applicants:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, Llc, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Inventors:
Vincent E. Lamberti, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Dayakar Penumadu, Knoxville, TN (US);
Assignees:
Consolidated Nuclear Security, LLC, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
The University of Tennessee Research Foundation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/77 (2006.01); G01D 5/353 (2006.01); G01M 3/04 (2006.01); G01M 11/08 (2006.01); G01T 1/20 (2006.01); G02B 6/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 21/7703 (2013.01); G01D 5/35361 (2013.01); G01M 3/047 (2013.01); G01M 11/088 (2013.01); G01T 1/201 (2013.01); G02B 6/02104 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7709 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7716 (2013.01); G01N 2021/7723 (2013.01);
Abstract
Distributed fiber optic sensors formed by covering the fibers with tubing are provided. The tubing including responsive materials formulated or configured to, responsive to exposure to one of a target chemical species and a target radiation particle, change a relative size and generate a localized effect on or in the optical fiber.