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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2024

Filed:

Sep. 28, 2022
Applicant:

The Government of the United States of America, As Represented BY the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US);

Inventors:

Brandon F. Redding, University Park, MD (US);

Clay Kingsley Kirkendall, Fairfax, VA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01L 1/246 (2013.01);
Abstract

Multiplexed fiber optic sensors are able to monitor a multitude of sensor positions along an optical fiber from a single interrogation point. A long-standing goal is to increase the length of fiber and the number of multiplexed sensors without significantly compromising performance or increasing the size, weight, power and cost of the fiber and interrogation system. A technique is provided for performing extremely long-range, multiplexed fiber optic strain sensing in an efficient manner. This technique utilizes a serial optical frequency comb based interrogation system to probe an array of sensors placed along a single optical fiber.


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