Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Major
Electrical Engineering
Research Advisor
Watkins, Steve Eugene, 1960-
Advisor's Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Abstract
When optical fibers are stressed, the deformations at the core-cladding interface induce signal attenuation. Because of their durable physical properties (high melting point) optical fibers can be embedded into certain composite materials at the manufacturing stage. Stresses on the composite induces stresses on the embedded fiber. The amount of stress on the fiber, and thus the stress on the composite, can be determined by measuring the attenuation of a signal passing through the fiber. Force was applied to a single mode and a multimode fiber in a microbend inducing plate, and the attenuation this stress created was measured.
Document Type
Report
Presentation Date
29 Jan 1993
Recommended Citation
Criscione, Lawrence S., "Fiber Optic Microdeformation Sensors for Smart Structures" (1993). Opportunities for Undergraduate Research Experience Program (OURE). 89.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/oure/89
