Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing

Autores
Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
parte de libro
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Fil: Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Instituto de Física Rosario; Argentina
Fil: Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina
1. Introduction The history of the use of optical fiber for sensing applications began with two different, but interrelated, discoveries: laser light and optical fibers. The first laser was built in 1960 by T. H. Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories, based on the theoretical work by C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow. A laser provides a source of an intense coherent light, highly collimated, and quasi-monochromatic; its potential for data transfer was immediately envisaged. Naturally, first experiments involved the transmission of the laser beam through the air. However, a communication channel cannot be practically sustained propagating freely through the air, owing to atmospheric attenuation and weather influence. Researchers also conducted experiments by transmitting the laser beam through glass fibers, which soon became the preferred medium for transmission of light. First, optical fibers were not practical to sustain a communication channel mainly due to the presence of impurities in the fiber material, resulting in very high transmission losses (>1000 dB/km), until Corning presented at the beginning of the 1970s optical fibers with (in comparison) very lower transmission losses, with only a few dB/km. Today, typical transmission losses are below 0.2 dB/km. This represents an extraordinary improvement as compared with electrical signal transmission through coaxial cables, not to mention the wider bandwidth available, which is several orders of magnitudes higher.
Fuente
Cuadrado-Laborde, C. (ed.). Applications of Optical Fibers for Sensing. Londres : IntechOpen Limited, 2021
Materia
FIBRA OPTICA
LUZ
LASER
SENSORES
INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso abierto
Condiciones de uso
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Repositorio Institucional (UCA)
Institución
Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina
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spelling Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensingCuadrado-Laborde, ChristianFIBRA OPTICALUZLASERSENSORESINGENIERIA ELECTRONICAFil: Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian. Universidad Nacional de Rosario. Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura. Instituto de Física Rosario; ArgentinaFil: Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina1. Introduction The history of the use of optical fiber for sensing applications began with two different, but interrelated, discoveries: laser light and optical fibers. The first laser was built in 1960 by T. H. Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories, based on the theoretical work by C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow. A laser provides a source of an intense coherent light, highly collimated, and quasi-monochromatic; its potential for data transfer was immediately envisaged. Naturally, first experiments involved the transmission of the laser beam through the air. However, a communication channel cannot be practically sustained propagating freely through the air, owing to atmospheric attenuation and weather influence. Researchers also conducted experiments by transmitting the laser beam through glass fibers, which soon became the preferred medium for transmission of light. First, optical fibers were not practical to sustain a communication channel mainly due to the presence of impurities in the fiber material, resulting in very high transmission losses (>1000 dB/km), until Corning presented at the beginning of the 1970s optical fibers with (in comparison) very lower transmission losses, with only a few dB/km. Today, typical transmission losses are below 0.2 dB/km. This represents an extraordinary improvement as compared with electrical signal transmission through coaxial cables, not to mention the wider bandwidth available, which is several orders of magnitudes higher.IntechOpen2019info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPartinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_3248info:ar-repo/semantics/parteDeLibroapplication/pdfhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/12556978-1-78985-352-010.5772/intechopen.83623Cuadrado-Laborde, C. Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing [en línea]. En: Cuadrado-Laborde, C. (ed.). Applications of Optical Fibers for Sensing. Londres : IntechOpen Limited, 2019. doi: 10.5772/intechopen.83623. Disponible en: https://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/handle/123456789/12556Cuadrado-Laborde, C. (ed.). Applications of Optical Fibers for Sensing. Londres : IntechOpen Limited, 2021reponame:Repositorio Institucional (UCA)instname:Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinaenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/2025-07-03T10:58:06Zoai:ucacris:123456789/12556instacron:UCAInstitucionalhttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/Universidad privadaNo correspondehttps://repositorio.uca.edu.ar/oaiclaudia_fernandez@uca.edu.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:25852025-07-03 10:58:06.674Repositorio Institucional (UCA) - Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentinafalse
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title Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
spellingShingle Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian
FIBRA OPTICA
LUZ
LASER
SENSORES
INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA
title_short Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
title_full Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
title_fullStr Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
title_full_unstemmed Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
title_sort Introductory chapter : application of optical fiber for sensing
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian
author Cuadrado-Laborde, Christian
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LUZ
LASER
SENSORES
INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA
topic FIBRA OPTICA
LUZ
LASER
SENSORES
INGENIERIA ELECTRONICA
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1. Introduction The history of the use of optical fiber for sensing applications began with two different, but interrelated, discoveries: laser light and optical fibers. The first laser was built in 1960 by T. H. Maiman at Hughes Research Laboratories, based on the theoretical work by C. H. Townes and A. L. Schawlow. A laser provides a source of an intense coherent light, highly collimated, and quasi-monochromatic; its potential for data transfer was immediately envisaged. Naturally, first experiments involved the transmission of the laser beam through the air. However, a communication channel cannot be practically sustained propagating freely through the air, owing to atmospheric attenuation and weather influence. Researchers also conducted experiments by transmitting the laser beam through glass fibers, which soon became the preferred medium for transmission of light. First, optical fibers were not practical to sustain a communication channel mainly due to the presence of impurities in the fiber material, resulting in very high transmission losses (>1000 dB/km), until Corning presented at the beginning of the 1970s optical fibers with (in comparison) very lower transmission losses, with only a few dB/km. Today, typical transmission losses are below 0.2 dB/km. This represents an extraordinary improvement as compared with electrical signal transmission through coaxial cables, not to mention the wider bandwidth available, which is several orders of magnitudes higher.
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