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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2005
Richard T. Jones, Hamden, CT (US);
Richard T. Jones, Hamden, CT (US);
Weatherford/Lamb, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses that sense physical parameters, such as pressure and strain, using optical waveguide sensors are described. A light source emits light at a predetermined wavelength along an optical waveguide having a fiber Bragg grating optical sensing element. That sensing element reflects light in accord with a sloped shape function of reflected light amplitude verses wavelength. A receiver converts the reflected light into electrical signals and an analyzer then determines a physical parameter based on changes of amplitude of the reflected light. The analyzer also maintains the wavelength of the light such that the wavelength corresponds to a slope wavelength of the shape function.