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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Mahadevan Balasubramaniam, Ballston Lake, NY (US);
Glen Peter Koste, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Slawomir Rubinsztajn, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Sachin Narahari Dekate, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Anurag Kasyap Vejjupalle Subramanyam, Houston, TX (US);
Sunilkumar Onkarnath Soni, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
An optical-based sensing apparatus and method are provided. A sensing apparatus () may include a tube (). An optical fiber () may be encased in the tube. A buffering layer () may be interposed between the optical fiber and the tube. The buffering layer and/or the tube may be selectively configured to form along a length of the apparatus a plurality of optical sensing zones () spatially arranged to sense parameters involving different parameter modalities.