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EDIFOS™ Technology Brief 811 N. Catalina Aveue Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Tel 310-406-1295 Fax 310-406-1297 www.redondooptics.com Redondo Optics, Inc. Embedded Distributed Fiber Optic Sensor System Applications Naval and maritime high performance ropes Shipboard, shore, and port facilities Civil structures, bridges, off-shore oil platforms. Support Package Data Sheets Prototype Units (Available March 2007) Qualification Report (May 2007) Key Features Distributed stress/strain monitoring Distributed temperature monitoring Micron-size FBG transducers High spatial resolution (<1-meter) Remote monitoring (>1 km coverage) Redundant structural sensing Microsecond response times Embedded distributed fiber optic sensor (EDIFOS™) system for the real-time, structural health monitoring, damage assessment, and lifetime prediction of high performance synthetic material rope cable structures. The EDIFOS™ system uses a distributed array of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors, sensitive to stress/strain, impact damage, kinking and bending, and temperature, embedded within the strands of a synthetic material rope cable structure. The FBG interrogator smart software system detects problematic regions of high stress/strain or temperature, or regions where actual structural catastrophic damage has occurred any where along the length of the cable. An alarm system will trigger to pinpoint those locations of potential damage. Arraywe Waveguide Grating (AWG) Structure FBG Demodulator Splitter Avalanche Photodiode Array Embedded Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors High Bandwith High Gain Amplifiers I Gb Flash Memory USB or Ethermet Transmission Power Wireless Transmission Digital Signal Processor (DSP) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC) Superluminescence Diode (SLD) Monolithic InOSense™ Microchip Umbilical Fiber Mating Connector Distributed Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Array EDIFOS™ Synthetic Material Cable EDIFOS™ Multi-Channel Sensor Read-Out Unit
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EDIFOS™
Technology Brief
811 N. Catalina Aveue Redondo Beach, CA 90277 Tel 310-406-1295 Fax 310-406-1297 www.redondooptics.com
Redondo Optics, Inc.
Embedded Distributed Fiber OpticSensor System
Applications
Naval and maritime high performance ropes
Shipboard, shore, and port facilities
Civil structures, bridges, off-shore oil platforms.
Support Package
Data Sheets
Prototype Units (Available March 2007)
Qualification Report (May 2007)
Key Features
Distributed stress/strain monitoring
Distributed temperature monitoring
Micron-size FBG transducers
High spatial resolution (<1-meter)
Remote monitoring (>1 km coverage)
Redundant structural sensing
Microsecond response times
Embedded distributed fiber optic sensor (EDIFOS™) system for the real-time, structural health monitoring,damage assessment, and lifetime prediction of high performancesynthetic material rope cable structures.
The EDIFOS™ system uses a distributed array of fiber Bragg grating(FBG) sensors, sensitive to stress/strain,impact damage, kinking and bending,and temperature, embedded withinthe strands of a synthetic material rope cable structure.
The FBG interrogator smart software system detects problematic regions of high stress/strain or temperature, or regions where actual structural catastrophic damage has occurred any where along the length of the cable. An alarm system will trigger to pinpoint those locations of potential damage.
Arraywe WaveguideGrating (AWG) Structure
FBG DemodulatorSplitter
Avalanche Photodiode Array
EmbeddedDistributed Fiber Optic
Sensors
High BandwithHigh Gain Amplifiers
I Gb Flash Memory
USB or EthermetTransmission
Power
WirelessTransmission
Digital Signal Processor (DSP)
Analog to DigitalConverter (ADC)
SuperluminescenceDiode (SLD)
MonolithicInOSense™
Microchip
UmbilicalFiber Mating
Connector
Distributed Fiber Bragg Grating
Sensor Array
EDIFOS™Synthetic Material
Cable
EDIFOS™Multi-ChannelSensor Read-OutUnit
