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Distributed optical pressure and temperature sensors

  • US 7,840,102 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2007
  • Issued: 11/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A carrier for an optical fiber having a plurality of optical sensors located thereon, said carrier comprises:

  • a sealed hollow body having a side wall, wherein the side wall is profiled at least one predetermined location to form a thin-walled section and wherein at least one optical sensor is directly attached to a surface of said thin-walled section, so that said thin-walled section flexes in response to a pressure difference across the thin-walled section and said pressure difference is sensed by said at least one optical sensor, wherein the sealed hollow body is a tube.

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