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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2004
Applicant:
Daniel Ming Kwong Woo, Missouri City, TX (US);
Inventor:
Daniel Ming Kwong Woo, Missouri City, TX (US);
Assignee:
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 6/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for reducing the difficulty of controlling the length of a section of optical waveguide wrapped around a mandrel separating Bragg gratings forming an interferometric sensor are provided. The section of optical waveguide may be wrapped on a mandrel having at least two different outer diameters. The mandrel may also include one or more bores for receiving and protecting the Bragg gratings.