Fiber Optic Sensing Monitors Strain and Reduces Costs

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Overview

Luna Technologies, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated, based in Blacksburg, Virginia, licensed technologies developed at Langley Research Center as part of the ultrasonic dynamic vector stress sensor. Luna released the Optical VectorF Analyzer (OVA), Distributed Sensing System (DSS), and the Optical Backscatter Reflectometer (OBR) platforms. The OVA platform is fiber optic sensing instruments including a set for linear characterization of single-mode optical components. The DSS and OBR platforms are two different techniques for distributed sensing: the DSS uses Fiber Bragg Gratings, and the OBR uses standard telecom-grade optical fiber.