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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2005
Nicholas Lagakos, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Joseph a Bucaro, Herndon, VA (US);
Nicholas Lagakos, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Joseph A Bucaro, Herndon, VA (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
A multiplexed fiber optic sensor system including a first optical fiber having a first end arranged to receive light from a light souce, at least two optical fibers having diameters smaller than the first optical fiber, and at least two fiber optic sensors, each of the at least two smaller diameter optical fibers arranged between the first optical fiber and one of the sensors for transmitting light from the first optical fiber to that sensor. The sensors can be static or dynamic pressure sensors, strain sensors, temperature sensors or other environmental sensors.