Optical wavelength determination using multiple measurable features
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국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
G01J-001/04
G02B-006/00
출원번호
US-0862006
(2004-06-04)
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Taverner,Domino
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Weatherford/Lamb, Inc.
대리인 / 주소
Patterson &
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110
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A method and apparatus for quickly and accurately determining optical wavelengths using multiple features of an optical spectrum produced by an optical element that is configured to produce an optical spectrum having multiple resolvable features. Finding the mean of the measured values of the multip
A method and apparatus for quickly and accurately determining optical wavelengths using multiple features of an optical spectrum produced by an optical element that is configured to produce an optical spectrum having multiple resolvable features. Finding the mean of the measured values of the multiple resolvable features may provide an improved characterizing measurement of the element. Examples of optical elements suitable for use in the present invention include, but are not limited to, super-structured fiber Bragg gratings, multiple fiber Bragg gratings, Fabry-Perot etalons and gas cells.
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What is claimed is: 1. An optical wavelength measurement system, comprising: an optical source that produces optical radiation; an optical element having a plurality of reflective wavelength bands that produces an optical response signal from said optical radiation, wherein said optical response si
What is claimed is: 1. An optical wavelength measurement system, comprising: an optical source that produces optical radiation; an optical element having a plurality of reflective wavelength bands that produces an optical response signal from said optical radiation, wherein said optical response signal includes a plurality of resolvable features based on said plurality of reflective wavelength bands; a receiver in optical communication with said optical element producing a received signal from said optical response signal, wherein said received signal includes said plurality of resolvable features; and a processor for producing a reference characteristic of said optical element from said plurality of resolvable features. 2. A system according to claim 1, wherein said optical source sweeps over an optical spectrum. 3. A system according to claim 1, wherein said reference characteristic is determined by finding a mean of said resolvable features of said received signal. 4. A system according to claim 1, wherein said resolvable features of said received signal include intensity peaks. 5. A system according to claim 1, wherein the optical element is at least one of multiple, co-located fiber Bragg gratings, a super-structured fiber Bragg grating or a Fabry-Perot etalon. 6. A system according to claim 1, wherein said resolvable features of said received signal are filtered before said reference characteristic is determined. 7. A system according to claim 6, wherein said processor determines the wavelength of said resolvable features of said received signal by performing a fit of a quadratic curve. 8. A system according to claim 6, wherein said processor determines the wavelength of said resolvable features of said received signal by performing a mathematical process selected from a group consisting of: curve fitting to the feature, a threshold crossing method, a local maxima search, a local minima search, a center of mass calculation, and a centroid calculation. 9. A fiber Bragg grating (FBG) system, comprising: a light structure producing light that is swept over a bandwidth; a first optical coupler for coupling a first portion of said swept light onto a reference path and for coupling a second portion of said swept light onto a sensing path; an interference filter in said reference path, said interference filter for producing a reference optical intensity spectrum comprised of evenly spaced optical signals; a reference receiver taking light from said interference filter, said reference receiver for producing reference signals that correspond to said reference optical intensity spectrum; a sensor receiver for producing sensor signals that correspond to an optical spectrum of an applied optical intensity; a second optical coupler for coupling said second portion onto an optical fiber and for coupling light within said optical fiber to said sensor receiver as the applied optical intensity; an FBG element in said optical fiber, said FBG element interacts with light in said second portion when said light has wavelengths within a plurality of wavelength bands, wherein each wavelength band is characteristic of said FBG element, and wherein said interactions yield a plurality of resolvable features based on said plurality of wavelength bands; and a signal processor coupled to said reference receiver and to said sensor receiver, said signal processor for producing a reference characteristic of said FBG element from said sensor signals and said reference signals. 10. A system according to claim 9, wherein said reference characteristic is determined by finding a mean of said sensor signals and a mean of said reference signals. 11. A system according to claim 9, wherein said processor filters said sensor signals and said reference signals before said reference characteristic is determined. 12. A system according to claim 9, wherein said processor determines the wavelength of said resolvable features of said signals by performing a mathematical process selected from a group consisting of curve fitting to the feature, a threshold crossing method, a local maxima search, a local minima search, a center of mass calculation, and a centroid calculation. 13. A system according to claim 9, wherein said resolvable features include optical peaks. 14. A system according to claim 9, further comprising an enclosure for protecting said FBG element. 15. A system according to claim 9, wherein said reference signals include a plurality of evenly spaced comb peaks. 16. A system according to claim 15, wherein said reference characteristic is used to identify at least one comb peak. 17. A system according to claim 9, wherein the light structure includes a broadband light source for emitting broadband light and a tunable optical filter for receiving said broadband light and for producing said swept light. 18. A system according to claim 17, wherein said tunable optical filter is a Fabry-Perot filter. 19. A system according to claim 9, further including an FBG sensor array coupled to said second optical coupler, wherein said FBG array includes an FBG sensor. 20. A system according to claim 19, wherein said FBG sensor array reflects or transmits light when said light has a wavelength characteristic of said FBG sensor, wherein said light is coupled to said sensor receiver, and wherein said processor determines a physical parameter based on the wavelength. 21. A system according to claim 9, wherein said reference path passes through a gas cell that produces absolute wavelength reference absorption lines. 22. A system according to claim 21 wherein said gas cell contains at least one gas from a group consisting of: acetylene, hydrogen cyanide, carbon dioxide, and combinations thereof. 23. A method of determining a fiber Bragg grating (FBG) wavelength comprising: sweeping light across an FBG element that produces a spectrum having a plurality of resolvable features; detecting the plurality of resolvable features; and determining the Bragg wavelength of the FBG element using the plurality of resolvable features based on a plurality of reflective wavelength bands. 24. A method according to claim 23 wherein the resolvable features include optical intensity peaks. 25. A method according to claim 23 further including filtering the resolvable features prior to determining the Bragg wavelength.
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