Title page for ETD etd-11202012-040207
|Type of Document
||Matthews, Amy L.
||Applications of infrared fibers in temperature sensing
||Master of Science
|Claus, Richard O.
|McKeeman, John C.
|Pieper, Ronald J.
|Date of Defense
As attenuation in silica based fibers approaches its ultimate theoretical limit,
investigation is in progress to develop new materials which exhibit lower losses than
silica. These bulk materials could then be used to fabricate ultralow loss optical fibers
which operate farther out in the infrared than do silica fibers. Such infrared fibers could
be used in long, repeaterless telecommunications links, the transmission of CO and CO2
laser power, and in several sensing mechanisms. This thesis presents an overview of
these new fibers and how they can be applied in noncontact temperature measurement.
Fiber optic temperature sensing is thus reviewed, and an optical fiber pyrometer is
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