A Standard Fiber Optic Sensor Interface For Aerospace Applications: Time Domain Intensity Normalization (TDIN)

Bruce Johnson; Tom Lindsay; Mark Marion; Randy Morton

doi:10.1117/12.959827

9 February 1989 A Standard Fiber Optic Sensor Interface For Aerospace Applications: Time Domain Intensity Normalization (TDIN)

Bruce Johnson, Tom Lindsay, Mark Marion, Randy Morton

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Proceedings Volume 0989, Fiber Optic Systems for Mobile Platforms II; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959827
Event: O-E/Fiber LASE '88, 1988, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

This paper describes an attractive approach for referencing fiber optic intensity sensors in mobile platforms where variations of source, fiber path, or receiver parameters can severely compromise measurement of the desired parameter. The approach, named Time Domain Intensity Normalization (TDIN), operates with a wide variety of intensity-based sensors and also provides a means for sensor multiplexing. It therefore can serve as the basis for a standard fiber optic sensor system interface. Various reference schemes for intensity sensors are compared, followed by discussion of optical and electronic design implementation of TDIN, including system multiplexing. Theoretical analyses of key performance issues and test results (using a position sensor mechanism) are discussed.

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Bruce Johnson, Tom Lindsay, Mark Marion, and Randy Morton "A Standard Fiber Optic Sensor Interface For Aerospace Applications: Time Domain Intensity Normalization (TDIN)", Proc. SPIE 0989, Fiber Optic Systems for Mobile Platforms II, (9 February 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.959827

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