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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Donald L. Chubb, Olmsted Falls, OH (US);
Phillip Jenkins, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Admistrator of NASA, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/100 ; G01J 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/100 ; G01J 5/00 ;
Abstract
A rare earth optical temperature sensor is disclosed for measuring high temperatures. Optical temperature sensors exist that channel emissions from a sensor to a detector using a light pipe. The invention uses a rare earth emitter to transform the sensed thermal energy into a narrow band width optical signal that travels to a detector using a light pipe. An optical bandpass filter at the detector removes any noise signal outside of the band width of the signal from the emitter.