Optical fiber sensor having an active core
- Author:
- Rogowski, Robert S.
- Published:
- Sep 28, 1993.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic document
- Additional Creators:
- Egalon, Claudio Oliveira
- Restrictions on Access:
- Unclassified, Unlimited, Publicly available.
Free-to-read Unrestricted online access - Summary:
- An optical fiber is provided. The fiber is comprised of an active fiber core which produces waves of light upon excitation. A factor ka is identified and increased until a desired improvement in power efficiency is obtained. The variable a is the radius of the active fiber core and k is defined as 2 pi/lambda wherein lambda is the wavelength of the light produced by the active fiber core. In one embodiment, the factor ka is increased until the power efficiency stabilizes. In addition to a bare fiber core embodiment, a two-stage fluorescent fiber is provided wherein an active cladding surrounds a portion of the active fiber core having an improved ka factor. The power efficiency of the embodiment is further improved by increasing a difference between the respective indices of refraction of the active cladding and the active fiber core.
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- NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.
- Note:
- Document ID: 19940016113.
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