Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Optical fibers for measurement of earth strain

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We report on laboratory experiments on single-mode optical fibers for use in measuring earth strain. We have monitored the long-term stability of 25-m long tensioned fibers and found their rates of fractional change in optical path lengths to be no more than 2 × 10−6/yr. The optical temperature coefficients for several fibers whose physical lengths were held constant were found to be within 4% of 1.17 × 10−5 apparent strain/°C. The strain sensitivity (the ratio of observed optical path change to physical path change) was determined to be within 1% of 1.16 for all the fibers tested. Initial field tests indicate that fibers are suitable for earth strain measurements of moderate precision.

© 1988 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Sensing the earth crustal deformation with nano-strain resolution fiber-optic sensors

Qingwen Liu, Zuyuan He, and Tomochika Tokunaga
Opt. Express 23(11) A428-A436 (2015)

Vacuum-pipeless laser earth strainmeter

Tadanao Ohishi, Shoichi Seino, and Yoshimasa Sakurai
Appl. Opt. 20(8) 1329-1332 (1981)

Simultaneous interferometric and polarimetric strain measurements on composites using a fiber-optic strain gauge

N. Fürstenau, W. Schmidt, and H.-C. Goetting
Appl. Opt. 31(16) 2987-2993 (1992)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (9)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Tables (1)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Article tables are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Equations (15)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Equations are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved