Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors

Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors
Author: Marcelo M. Werneck
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2019-11-25
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1351580582

Plastic Optical Fiber Sensors cover the fundamentals and applications of a new class of fiber sensors. With contributions from leading academics in the area, this book covers the theory of plastic optical fiber sensors or (POFs), as well as applications in oil, gas, biotechnology, and energy fields. Using multiple examples, the editors showcase the advantageous characteristics of POFs, such as ease of handling, large diameter, inexpensive peripheral components and simple termination tools. By doing so, the editors assert that there has been a proliferation of the use of POFs in new consumer products. The book also highlights uses for building various products, such as a POF sensor for oil trucker valve monitoring, a monitoring system for high voltage substation switch, an oil leaking sensor for offshore platforms and a solar tracker for illumination. Including over 300 black and white images, this book would be highly beneficial for professionals in manufacturing as well as academics in universities, particularly those who use optical fiber sensors on a regular basis.

Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers

Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers
Author: Mohamed Atef
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 157
Release: 2012-10-31
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642303889

This book presents high-performance data transmission over plastic optical fibers (POF) using integrated optical receivers having good properties with multilevel modulation, i.e. a higher sensitivity and higher data rate transmission over a longer plastic optical fiber length. Integrated optical receivers and transmitters with high linearity are introduced for multilevel communication. For binary high-data rate transmission over plastic optical fibers, an innovative receiver containing an equalizer is described leading also to a high performance of a plastic optical fiber link. The cheap standard PMMA SI-POF (step-index plastic optical fiber) has the lowest bandwidth and the highest attenuation among multimode fibers. This small bandwidth limits the maximum data rate which can be transmitted through plastic optical fibers. To overcome the problem of the plastic optical fibers high transmission loss, very sensitive receivers must be used to increase the transmitted length over POF. The plastic optical fiber limited bandwidth problem can be decreased by using multilevel signaling like multilevel pulse amplitude modulation or by using an equalizer for binary data transmission.

POF Simulation beyond Data Transmission

POF Simulation beyond Data Transmission
Author: Christian-Alexander Bunge
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2015-12-02
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3739214996

This book is a compilation of the contributions for the 3rd International POF Modelling Workshop 2015. It covers the modelling of the light transmission in the POF in the context of the environment for sensing and other applications.

POF Handbook

POF Handbook
Author: Olaf Ziemann
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 902
Release: 2008-02-21
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 3540766294

Written by some of the best known POF experts from Germany, one of the leading countries in POF technology, this is the most comprehensive introduction and survey of POF data communication systems currently available. Half a decade after it was first published, this second edition has been completely revised and updated; it has doubled in size. It features recent experimental results, and more than 1000 figures, 600 references and numerous tables complete the text.

Optical and Microwave Technologies for Telecommunication Networks

Optical and Microwave Technologies for Telecommunication Networks
Author: Otto Strobel
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 520
Release: 2016-03-23
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1119154588

This is a self-contained book on the foundations and applications of optical and microwave technologies to telecommunication networks application, with an emphasis on access, local, road, cars, trains, vessels and airplanes, indoor and in-car data transmission as well as for long-distance fiber-systems and application in outer space and automation technology. The book provides a systematic discussion of physics/optics, electromagnetic wave theory, optical fibre technology, and the potential and limitations of optical and microwave transmission.

Self-Sensing Concrete in Smart Structures

Self-Sensing Concrete in Smart Structures
Author: Baoguo Han
Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
Total Pages: 399
Release: 2014-07-30
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0128006587

Concrete is the second most used building material in the world after water. The problem is that over time the material becomes weaker. As a response, researchers and designers are developing self-sensing concrete which not only increases longevity but also the strength of the material. Self-Sensing Concrete in Smart Structures provides researchers and designers with a guide to the composition, sensing mechanism, measurement, and sensing properties of self-healing concrete along with their structural applications - Provides a systematic discussion of the structure of intrinsic self-sensing concrete - Compositions of intrinsic self-sensing concrete and processing of intrinsic self-sensing concrete - Explains the sensing mechanism, measurement, and sensing properties of intrinsic self-sensing concrete