Light Operated Measuring System.

Abstract

Replace the electrical conductors that interconnect the test measuring points with the display and signal conditioning equipment by glass or plastic fiber optic light guides for transmission of light through a light modulator. The light modulator's light conductive or reflective characteristics are changed proportional to the type of measurement being made at the measurement point. The light intensity and/or phase is altered in the modulator proportional to the parameter being measured. A reference light can be compared with the light passing through the modulator to simplify system operation. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 26, 1978
Accession Number
ADD006542

Entities

People

  • Leon H. Riley

Organizations

  • United States Army

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Measurement
  • Modulators
  • Optical Modulators

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.