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Optical fiber spectroscopy: A study of the luminescent properties of the europium ion for thermal sensorsRecently, there has been interest in developing a distributed temperature sensor integrated into an optical fiber. Such a system would allow embedding of the optical fiber within or on a structural material to provide for continuous monitoring of the material's temperature. Work has already begun on the development of a temperature sensor using the temperature dependent emission spectra from the lanthanide rare earths doped into crystalline hosts. The lifetime, the linewidth and the integrated intensity of this emission are each sensitive to changes in the temperature and can provide a basis for thermometry. One concept for incorporating this phenomena into an optical fiber based sensor involves bonding the optically active material to the cladding of an optical fiber and allowing the luminescent light to couple into the the fiber by the evanescent wave. Experimental work developing this concept has already been reported. Measurements of the linewidth of Eu3+:Y2O3, diffused into a fiber, made by Albin clearly show a strong and regular dependence on temperature over the range of 300 to 1000 K. We report here on a study of the temperature dependence of the lineshape of the emission at 611 nm using the data in references. We focus attention on understanding the general behavior of the Eu3+:Y2O3 system. Building upon understanding of this system we will be able to establish the physical criterial for a good optical fiber based temperature sensor and then to examine available data on other lanthanide rare earths and transition metal ions to determine the best luminescent system for temperature sensing in an optical fiber.
Document ID
19940011174
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Contractor Report (CR)
Authors
Buoncristiani, A. Martin (Christopher Newport Coll. Newport News, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Subject Category
Optics
Report/Patent Number
NAS 1.26:194576
NASA-CR-194576
Accession Number
94N15647
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-1443
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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