Guided wave generation and sensing system using a single laser source and optical fibers

Hyeonseok Lee; Hyun-Jun Park; Hoon Sohn; Il-bum Kwon

doi:10.1117/12.847807

31 March 2010 Guided wave generation and sensing system using a single laser source and optical fibers

Hyeonseok Lee, Hyun-Jun Park, Hoon Sohn, Il-bum Kwon

Proceedings Volume 7647, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010; 76470R (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847807
Event: SPIE Smart Structures and Materials + Nondestructive Evaluation and Health Monitoring, 2010, San Diego, California, United States

Abstract

Structural health monitoring (SHM) techniques based on guided waves have been of great interests to many researchers. Among various SHM devices used for guided wave generation and sensing, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) transducers and fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensors have been widely used because of their light weight, non-intrusive nature and compactness. To best take advantage of their merits, combination of PZT-based guided wave excitation and FBG-based sensing has been attempted by a few researchers. However, the PZT-based actuation and the FBG-based sensing are basically two independent systems in the past studies. This study proposes an integrated PZT/FBG system using a single laser source. Since power and data delivery is based on optical fibers, it may alleviate problems associated with conventional wire cables such as electromagnetic interference (EMI) and power/data attenuation. The experimental procedure for the proposed system is as follows. First, a tunable laser is used as the common power source for guided wave generation and sensing. The tunable laser beam is modulated and amplified to contain an arbitrary waveform. Then, it is transmitted to the PZT transducer node through an optical fiber for guided wave actuation. The transmitted laser beam is also used with the FBG sensor to measure high-speed strain changes induced by guided waves. Feasibility of the proposed technique has been experimentally demonstrated using aluminum plates. The results show that the proposed system could properly generate and sense the guided waves compared to the conventional methods.

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Hyeonseok Lee, Hyun-Jun Park, Hoon Sohn, and Il-bum Kwon "Guided wave generation and sensing system using a single laser source and optical fibers", Proc. SPIE 7647, Sensors and Smart Structures Technologies for Civil, Mechanical, and Aerospace Systems 2010, 76470R (31 March 2010); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.847807

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