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Fiber-optic sensory systems

Type of study Doctoral
Language of instruction English
Code 440-6014/02
Abbreviation OSS
Course title Fiber-optic sensory systems
Credits 10
Coordinating department Department of Telecommunications
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Jan Nedoma, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
- Optical fibers as sensors.
- Modulation, light modulators.
- Possibilities of encapsulation and protection of optical fibers.
- Intensity sensors - the principle of function, design, implementation, and their application possibilities.
- Phasesensors - theprincipleoffunction, design, implementation, and their application possibilities.
- Bragggratingsensors - theprincipleoffunction, design, implementation, and their application possibilities.
- Polarization sensors - theprincipleoffunction, design, implementation, and their application possibilities.
- Distributed sensors - the principle of function, design, implementation, and their application possibilities.
- Special fiber-optic sensors - polymer fibers, tapering, microstructured fibers, etc.
- Possibilities of using metropolitan optical networks for conducting information from fiber optic sensors.
- Data processing from fiber-opticsensors - signal filtering, application of advanced processing methods.
- Practical applications of optical and fiber-optic sensors in industrial practice (transport, energy, construction, etc.).

Literature

[1] Fang, Z., Chin, K., Qu, R., Cai, H., Chang, K. Fundamentals of Optical Fiber Sensors, 2012, ISBN: 978-0-470-57540-6.
[2] Krohn, D. A., MacDougall, T. W., Mendez, A.: Fiber Optic Sensors: Fundamentals and Applications, Fourth Edition, 2015, ISBN: 9781628411812 .
[3] Lopéz-Hhiguera, J. M.: Handbook of optical fibersensing technology, John Wiley and sons, Ltd., 2002, ISBN: 0-471-82053-9.

Advised literature

[1] Saleh, B.E.A., Teich,M.C.: Fundamentals of Photonics. Wiley and Sons, New Yersey, USA, 2007, ISBN 978-0-471-35832-9
[2] Brillant, A.: Digital and analog fiber optic communications for CATV and FTTX applications. Wiley and Sons, Bellingham, USA, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8194-6757-7