MITIGATION OF OPTICAL SIGNAL NOISE USING A MULTIMODE TRANSMIT FIBER

An apparatus and methods for measuring combustion parameters in the measurement zone of a gas turbine engine. The measurement zone is defined as being between an outer casing and an engine component having a reflecting surface inside the outer casing. The apparatus comprises a laser generating a tra...

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Main Authors MASTERSON BERNARD PATRICK, HOWELL JAMES, SAPPEY ANDREW D, HOFVANDER HENRIK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published 07.06.2012
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Summary:An apparatus and methods for measuring combustion parameters in the measurement zone of a gas turbine engine. The measurement zone is defined as being between an outer casing and an engine component having a reflecting surface inside the outer casing. The apparatus comprises a laser generating a transmitting beam of light of a select wavelength and a multimode transmitting fiber optically coupled to the laser. A transmitting optic is optically coupled to the multimode optical fiber for transmitting the beam into the measurement zone. The reflecting surface is configured to provide a Lambertian reflection. A receiving optic is positioned to receive the Lambertian reflection. Means are provided in operative association with the multimode transmitting fiber for averaging modal noise induced signal level variation of light propagating within the multimode transmitting fiber.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20127003681