Acceptance of fiber optic position sensors in aerospace applications will be dependent on the ability to prove reliability of the critical components and full assemblies in the expected environment. Considerations include temperature extremes and cycling, shock, vibration, altitude, humidity, corrosion, etc. This paper will present results to date on testing of sensors under some of these environmental conditions and discuss areas of prime concern toward maturing fiber sensors to full flight qualification

Date Published: 1 February 1991
PDF: 10 pages
Proc. SPIE 1366, Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments IV, (1 February 1991); doi: 10.1117/12.24717

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 1366:
Fiber Optics Reliability: Benign and Adverse Environments IV
Roger A. Greenwell; Dilip K. Paul, Editor(s)