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Differential temperature sensor system and method
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
|---|---|
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | A differential temperature sensor system and method of determining a temperature shift of an optical resonator and its surroundings are provided. The differential temperature sensor system includes a light generating device capable of generating a beam having a carrier frequency, a modulator capable of modulating the beam with a sideband frequency, and an optical resonator capable of supporting an ordinary mode and an extraordinary mode. The system includes an ordinary mode-lock setup capable of locking the carrier frequency of the beam to the ordinary mode of the optical resonator and an extraordinary mode-lock setup capable of locking the sideband frequency of the beam to the extraordinary mode of the optical resonator by providing a specific radio frequency to the modulator substantially corresponding to a frequency shift between the ordinary mode and the extraordinary mode of the optical resonator resulting from a temperature change of the optical resonator. A processor precisely calculates the differential temperature based upon the frequency shift between the ordinary mode and extraordinary mode of the optical resonator. |
| File Size | 812679 |
| Page Count | 10 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100017557 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4dn94908 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-02-23 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Electronics And Electrical Engineering Temperature Sensors Patents Sidebands Frequency Shift Radio Frequencies Optical Resonators Modulation Modulators Carrier Frequencies Locking Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Patent |