WO2006101923A2 - High intensity fabry-perot sensor - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to sensors for measuring the absolute length of a gap in a Fabry-Perot interferometer, and more particularly to a Fabry-Perot sensor that provides a more intense signal.
- ⁇ 875182: ⁇ light reflected by the interferometer is captured by the fiber.
- the light delivery fiber is not precisely centered on the ball lens axis or if the interferometer is not precisely perpendicular to the axis of the incident light transmitted by the ball lens, then the reflected light from the diaphragm does not re-enter the fiber because the reflected light spot that is re-imaged by the ball lens is not centered on the end of the input fiber.
- the results from the Fabry-Perot interferometer-based sensor are compromised.
- a Fabry-Perot interferometer-based sensor with a ball lens and alignment scheme that reflects high intensity light signals would provide benefits such as improved power budget, improved signal to noise ratio, and would be welcomed by the industry.
- the present application discloses a sensor assembly that comprises an optical fiber having an optical axis, a lens in optical communication with the optical fiber, the lens having an optical axis and the lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a reflective surface, the reflective surface spaced from the lens such that the beam of light transmitted from the lens is capable of reflecting from the reflective surface back to the lens, and an alignment device capable of aligning the beam of light transmitted from the lens substantially perpendicular with the reflective surface.
- a Fabry-Perot sensor assembly that comprises an optical fiber, a ball lens in optical communication with the optical fiber the ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a window having a first surface and a second surface, a diaphragm spaced from and parallel to the second surface of the
- a sensor assembly comprises a body having a socket, a ball rotatably positioned in the socket of the body, an optical fiber, at least a portion of the optical fiber positioned in the ball, a ball lens attached to the optical fiber, the ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a diaphragm having a reflective surface, the diaphragm spaced from the ball lens such that the beam of light transmitted by the ball lens is capable of reflecting from the surface of the diaphragm back to the ball lens, and wherein rotation of the ball aligns the beam of light transmitted from the ball lens substantially perpendicular with the reflective surface of the mesa diaphragm.
- Figure IA is a concept drawing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor assembly with a ball lens and Fabry-Perot gap, wherein the window is a wedge with nonparallel surfaces.
- Figure IB is a concept drawing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor assembly with a ball lens, a Fabry-Perot gap, and a wedge-shaped spacer that is used with a window having parallel surfaces.
- Figure 2 is a concept drawing of sensor assembly with ball lens and Fabry- Perot gap, wherein the two surfaces of the window are plane parallel (where one
- Figure 5 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a mesa diaphragm configuration.
- Figure 6 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a plug diaphragm configuration.
- Figure 7 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a bellows diaphragm configuration.
- Figure 8 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a spherical depression.
- Figure 9 shows a flexible transducer incorporating an embodiment of a Fabry- Perot interferometer based sensor.
- Figure 10 shows a cross-section drawing of ball and socket alignment device of an optical fiber with fused ball lens.
- FIG. IA An embodiment of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 is shown in FIG. IA. In this embodiment, a wedge shaped window assembly 15 is used rather than a plane-parallel window as an alignment device.
- the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 comprises a transducer body 11, a ferrule 20, an optical fiber 25 having an optical fiber axis 27, a lens 30 having a lens optical axis 32, and a Fabry-Perot sensor 40.
- a ball lens being shown in FIG. 1, any sort of lens that focuses and collimates light can be used, e.g., a graded index lens or a ball lens.
- the Fabry-Perot sensor 40 comprises a wedge shaped window assembly 15 and a diaphragm 42 having an optical axis 45 and a reflective surface 49.
- the wedge shaped window assembly 15 comprises one surface 52 that serves as the first partially reflector in a Fabry-Perot interferometer where the window assembly 15 is located between the lens 30 and a second reflector 49 in the Fabry-Perot interferometer, which allows for proper operation of the invention with long gaps. Rotation of the
- ⁇ 875182: ⁇ wedge-shaped window assembly 15 causes a change in the angle of refraction into and out of the window assembly 15 until the window assembly 15 is in the precise rotational location where the column or beam of light transmitted from the lens 30, is perpendicular to the first reflective surface 52 on the window assembly 15. Additionally, the lens optical axis 32 is perpendicular to the surface 49 of the diaphragm 42, as well as the optical axis 27 of the optical fiber 25 being perpendicular to the first reflective surface 52 of the window assembly 15 and the surface 49 of the diaphragm 42.
- the window surfaces 51, 52 can be maintained parallel to each other and parallel to the second reflector surface 49 in the Fabry-Perot sensor. Plane- parallel windows are easier to manufacture.
- the alignment device comprises a wedge-shaped spacer 61 located between the lens and the reflective surface as shown in FIG. IB. Accordingly, to provide the angle tuning, the wedge- shaped spacer 61 is inserted until the column or beam of light transmitted from the lens 30, is perpendicular to the reflective surface on the diaphragm. Spacers 61 with different wedge angles can be matched to different transducer bodies to correct for variation in manufacturing tolerances of the transducer bodies and to optimize light transmission.
- the alignment device comprises a surface 213 of the transducer body 211 that mates with the window assembly 215 that is machined at
- the window assembly 215 does not need to be rotated to bring the window 215 into precise alignment with the transducer 211. It is simply attached to the transducer body 211 at any rotational position.
- the transducer body 211 is machined at a predetermined angle to produce the desired tilt angle of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor.
- the alignment device comprises the transducer body 211 having its end surface or face 213 machined at an angle relative to its axis to align the beam of light transmitted from the lens perpendicular with the reflective surface 249 of the diaphragm.
- the desired tilt angle of the transducer body 211 is also when a light beam transmitted from the ball lens 230 is perpendicular to the end face 213 of the transducer body 211. This ensures the light beam is perpendicular to the diaphragm surface 249, as shown in FIG. 2.
- This approach can also be used even when there is no ball lens and no window, to correct for any misalignment of the light beam with the transducer body and second reflector of the Fabry-Perot sensor, i.e. the diaphragm surface.
- the method for pointing the light beam to achieve perpendicularity with the diaphragm is to use a metal ball-and-socket assembly shown in Figure 10.
- the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 1000 comprises a ferrule 1020, an optical fiber 1025, a lens 1030, a Fabry-Perot sensor 1040, and an alignment device.
- the alignment device comprises a body 1060 having a socket 1065, and a ball 1070.
- the Fabry-Perot sensor 1040 comprises a window assembly 1015 and a diaphragm 1042.
- the window assembly 1015 comprises one surface 1052 that serves as the first reflector in a Fabry-Perot interferometer where the window 1015 is between the lens 1030 and a second
- the window assembly 1015 also includes another surface 1051 parallel to the surface 1052.
- the ball 1070 can be a metal ball, but is not limited to such. It can be of any material.
- the ball 1070 is rotatably attached in the socket 1065.
- Held inside the metal ball 1070 is the ferrule 1020 that holds the optical fiber 1025 and lens 1030.
- the metal ball 1070 can be rotated in its mating socket 1065 through two degrees of freedom about the center-of-rotation 1072, as shown by the arrow.
- a 2mm diameter ball lens that is configured according to the drawing in Figure 3 has the design parameters presented in Table 1.
- the tilt angle is an input parameter to the ray trace.
- the same tilt angle is applied to each window surface C and D and the reflector E.
- Figure 4 shows what happens if the fiber de-center remains 0.05mm and the tilt angle is set to 0.
- the reflected rays miss the end of the fiber. Compare Figure 4 with Figure 3, where the reflected rays re-enter the fiber.
- the object and image size in Figure 3 is roughly .065mm (total spot size, not rms).
- the size of the image (reflected spot) is roughly .115mm and is not centered about the object (fiber end).
- Figures 1 and 2 A light delivery fiber and a ball lens are not attached to one another.
- the non-attached case results in two unwanted reflective surfaces (the fiber end and the ball lens input surface) that could interfere with the desired signal from the Fabry-Perot sensor.
- the ball lens 1030 is attached to the optical fiber 1025. More specifically, the ball lens 1030 is fused and centered on the end of the optical fiber 1025 minimizing the de-centering problem and eliminating two unwanted reflective surfaces.
- a ball lens is fused to the silica optical fiber by heating the end of the fiber to the melting point.
- the ball lens 1030 can be bonded to the optical fiber 1025 using an adhesive.
- the typical diameter of the ball lens formed in this manner is 340 ⁇ m.
- An additional way to improve the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor is to machine a feature (such as a circular groove) into the diaphragm that causes the surface of the diaphragm to translate without bending as the diaphragm deflects.
- This feature could be configured as a mesa 500 (which is the circular groove cut into the diaphragm substantially surrounding the flat mesa reflective surface of the diaphragm), a plug 600, or a bellows 700 as depicted in Figures 5, 6, and 7, respectively.
- the mesa diaphragm 500 includes a circular groove 510 cut therein.
- the circular groove 510 surrounds the reflective surface 549 of the diaphragm 500.
- Another way to improve the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 is to attach a glass plate and/or dielectric coating 49 to the surface of
- ⁇ 875182: ⁇ 10 the diaphragm 42 that allows the reflectance of the diaphragm 42 to be optimized and to remain uniform with time and temperature.
- the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor could be improved by machining a concave spherical depression 810 as depicted in Figure 8 in the center of the diaphragm 800 to provide modal control of the Fabry- Perot gap.
- the depth of the spherical depression must be less than the minimum gap that is to be measured with the Fabry-Perot sensor.
- the features of the second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor combine to enable a transducer head 900 to be fabricated that is very short and very small in diameter.
- the small size allows the transducer head 900 to be placed on then end of a flexible probe 910 for use in locations where space and access are very limited, forming a flexible transducer.
- Combustor baskets in Siemens Westinghouse turbines contain J-tubes used to examine the combustor basket with a horoscope.
- a flexible transducer may be installed in this location but there are physical limitations to the size of the transducer head and the pigtail assembly that contains the leads. It is straightforward to design and build a fiber optic transducer that fits within the size envelope defined by the gas turbine combustor basket J-tube. One design is shown in Figure 9. The size constraints include the diameter and length of the transducer and the flexibility of the pigtail assembly that must be pressure sealed.
Abstract
In a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor if insufficient light reflected from the sensor re-enters the fiber, the results from the Fabry-Perot interferometer-based sensor are compromised. Accordingly, a sensor assembly is provided that comprises an optical fiber having an optical axis, a lens in optical communication with the optical fiber, the lens having an optical axis and the lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a reflective surface, the reflective surface spaced from the lens such that the beam of light transmitted from the lens is capable of reflecting from the reflective surface back to the lens, and an alignment device capable of aligning the beam of light transmitted from the lens substantially perpendicular with the reflective surface.
Description
Inventor: William N. Gibler Larry A. Jeffers Richard L. Lopushansky Frederick J. Gillham
Docket No.: 26151-00017PCT TITLE HIGH INTENSITY FABRY-PEROT SENSOR
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/662,202 filed on March 16, 2005, which is hereby incorporated by reference, and claims priority from U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/774,289 filed on February 17, 2006, which is also hereby incorporated by reference.
FIELD OF INVENTION
[0002] The present invention relates to sensors for measuring the absolute length of a gap in a Fabry-Perot interferometer, and more particularly to a Fabry-Perot sensor that provides a more intense signal.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0003] The use of Fabry-Perot interferometers to measure the absolute length of a gap is known. Use of a ball lens to collimate light shining on a Fabry-Perot interferometer is needed for sensors measuring gaps exceeding about 30μm in order to maintain a uniform optical path length for all light rays and to assure a high percentage of the
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light reflected by the interferometer is captured by the fiber. However, if the light delivery fiber is not precisely centered on the ball lens axis or if the interferometer is not precisely perpendicular to the axis of the incident light transmitted by the ball lens, then the reflected light from the diaphragm does not re-enter the fiber because the reflected light spot that is re-imaged by the ball lens is not centered on the end of the input fiber. As a result, if insufficient light reflected from the sensor re-enters the fiber, the results from the Fabry-Perot interferometer-based sensor are compromised. [0004] Accordingly, a Fabry-Perot interferometer-based sensor with a ball lens and alignment scheme that reflects high intensity light signals would provide benefits such as improved power budget, improved signal to noise ratio, and would be welcomed by the industry.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The present application discloses a sensor assembly that comprises an optical fiber having an optical axis, a lens in optical communication with the optical fiber, the lens having an optical axis and the lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a reflective surface, the reflective surface spaced from the lens such that the beam of light transmitted from the lens is capable of reflecting from the reflective surface back to the lens, and an alignment device capable of aligning the beam of light transmitted from the lens substantially perpendicular with the reflective surface. [0006] Another embodiment discloses a Fabry-Perot sensor assembly that comprises an optical fiber, a ball lens in optical communication with the optical fiber the ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a window having a first surface and a second surface, a diaphragm spaced from and parallel to the second surface of the
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window, the diaphragm having a partially reflective surface, and an alignment device capable of aligning the beam of light transmitted from the ball lens substantially perpendicular with the partially reflective dielectric coating of the diaphragm. [0007] In yet another embodiment, a sensor assembly comprises a body having a socket, a ball rotatably positioned in the socket of the body, an optical fiber, at least a portion of the optical fiber positioned in the ball, a ball lens attached to the optical fiber, the ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light, a diaphragm having a reflective surface, the diaphragm spaced from the ball lens such that the beam of light transmitted by the ball lens is capable of reflecting from the surface of the diaphragm back to the ball lens, and wherein rotation of the ball aligns the beam of light transmitted from the ball lens substantially perpendicular with the reflective surface of the mesa diaphragm.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0008] Operation may be better understood by reference to the following detailed description taken in connection with the following illustrations, wherein: [0009] Figure IA is a concept drawing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor assembly with a ball lens and Fabry-Perot gap, wherein the window is a wedge with nonparallel surfaces.
[00010] Figure IB is a concept drawing of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor assembly with a ball lens, a Fabry-Perot gap, and a wedge-shaped spacer that is used with a window having parallel surfaces.
[00011] Figure 2 is a concept drawing of sensor assembly with ball lens and Fabry- Perot gap, wherein the two surfaces of the window are plane parallel (where one
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surface is a first reflector in a Fabry-Perot interferometer) and the transducer body is machined at the desired angle to maximize the reflected light signal. [00012] Figure 3 is a ray trace drawing of a 2mm diameter ball lens with de-centering of the delivery fiber relative to the ball lens and tilt of the diaphragm relative to the fiber, where the lens-to- window spacing = 0.1mm; the window thickness = 0.7mm; the window-reflector spacing (gap) = 1 mm; the fiber de-center = .05mm; and the tilt angle = 0.5°.
[00013] Figure 4 is a ray trace drawing of a 2mm diameter ball lens with de-centering of the delivery fiber relative to the ball lens and no tilt of the diaphragm relative to the fiber (i.e., reflected rays do not re-enter fiber), where the lens-window spacing = 0.1mm; the window thickness = 0.7mm; the window-reflector spacing (gap) = 1 mm; the fiber de-center = .05mm; and the tilt angle = 0.
[00014] Figure 5 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a mesa diaphragm configuration.
[00015] Figure 6 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a plug diaphragm configuration.
[0010] Figure 7 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a bellows diaphragm configuration.
[0011] Figure 8 shows a cross section of a second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer with a spherical depression.
[0012] Figure 9 shows a flexible transducer incorporating an embodiment of a Fabry- Perot interferometer based sensor.
[0013] Figure 10 shows a cross-section drawing of ball and socket alignment device of an optical fiber with fused ball lens.
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION
[0014] While the present invention is described with reference to the embodiments described herein, it should be clear that the present invention should not be limited to such embodiments. Therefore, the description of the embodiments herein is illustrative of the present invention and should not limit the scope of the invention as claimed.
[0015] To obtain the maximum light intensity using a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor, it is necessary to assure the optical fiber is precisely centered on the lens optical axis and the second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer is precisely perpendicular to the beam of light transmitted from the lens. Since these conditions cannot be met precisely in manufacturing practice, certain adjustments are necessary to achieve these results. An embodiment of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 is shown in FIG. IA. In this embodiment, a wedge shaped window assembly 15 is used rather than a plane-parallel window as an alignment device. The Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 comprises a transducer body 11, a ferrule 20, an optical fiber 25 having an optical fiber axis 27, a lens 30 having a lens optical axis 32, and a Fabry-Perot sensor 40. Despite only a ball lens being shown in FIG. 1, any sort of lens that focuses and collimates light can be used, e.g., a graded index lens or a ball lens. The Fabry-Perot sensor 40 comprises a wedge shaped window assembly 15 and a diaphragm 42 having an optical axis 45 and a reflective surface 49. The wedge shaped window assembly 15 comprises one surface 52 that serves as the first partially reflector in a Fabry-Perot interferometer where the window assembly 15 is located between the lens 30 and a second reflector 49 in the Fabry-Perot interferometer, which allows for proper operation of the invention with long gaps. Rotation of the
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wedge-shaped window assembly 15 causes a change in the angle of refraction into and out of the window assembly 15 until the window assembly 15 is in the precise rotational location where the column or beam of light transmitted from the lens 30, is perpendicular to the first reflective surface 52 on the window assembly 15. Additionally, the lens optical axis 32 is perpendicular to the surface 49 of the diaphragm 42, as well as the optical axis 27 of the optical fiber 25 being perpendicular to the first reflective surface 52 of the window assembly 15 and the surface 49 of the diaphragm 42.
[0016] Alternatively, the window surfaces 51, 52 can be maintained parallel to each other and parallel to the second reflector surface 49 in the Fabry-Perot sensor. Plane- parallel windows are easier to manufacture. In this embodiment, the alignment device comprises a wedge-shaped spacer 61 located between the lens and the reflective surface as shown in FIG. IB. Accordingly, to provide the angle tuning, the wedge- shaped spacer 61 is inserted until the column or beam of light transmitted from the lens 30, is perpendicular to the reflective surface on the diaphragm. Spacers 61 with different wedge angles can be matched to different transducer bodies to correct for variation in manufacturing tolerances of the transducer bodies and to optimize light transmission.
[0017] As shown in Figure 2, another alternative embodiment of a Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 210 is shown. In this embodiment, the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 210 maintains the window surfaces 251, 252 parallel to each other and parallel to the second reflector surface 249 in the Fabry-Perot sensor 240. To provide the angle tuning, the alignment device comprises a surface 213 of the transducer body 211 that mates with the window assembly 215 that is machined at
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the desired angle after the ball lens 230 and optical fiber 225 assembly are bonded. In this alternative embodiment, the window assembly 215 does not need to be rotated to bring the window 215 into precise alignment with the transducer 211. It is simply attached to the transducer body 211 at any rotational position. The transducer body 211 is machined at a predetermined angle to produce the desired tilt angle of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor. In other words, the alignment device comprises the transducer body 211 having its end surface or face 213 machined at an angle relative to its axis to align the beam of light transmitted from the lens perpendicular with the reflective surface 249 of the diaphragm. The desired tilt angle of the transducer body 211 is also when a light beam transmitted from the ball lens 230 is perpendicular to the end face 213 of the transducer body 211. This ensures the light beam is perpendicular to the diaphragm surface 249, as shown in FIG. 2. This approach can also be used even when there is no ball lens and no window, to correct for any misalignment of the light beam with the transducer body and second reflector of the Fabry-Perot sensor, i.e. the diaphragm surface.
[0018] In the yet another embodiment, the method for pointing the light beam to achieve perpendicularity with the diaphragm is to use a metal ball-and-socket assembly shown in Figure 10. In this embodiment, the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 1000 comprises a ferrule 1020, an optical fiber 1025, a lens 1030, a Fabry-Perot sensor 1040, and an alignment device. The alignment device comprises a body 1060 having a socket 1065, and a ball 1070. The Fabry-Perot sensor 1040 comprises a window assembly 1015 and a diaphragm 1042. The window assembly 1015 comprises one surface 1052 that serves as the first reflector in a Fabry-Perot interferometer where the window 1015 is between the lens 1030 and a second
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reflector 1049 in the Fabry-Perot interferometer. This allows for proper operation of the embodiment with long gaps. The window assembly 1015 also includes another surface 1051 parallel to the surface 1052. The ball 1070 can be a metal ball, but is not limited to such. It can be of any material. The ball 1070 is rotatably attached in the socket 1065. Held inside the metal ball 1070 is the ferrule 1020 that holds the optical fiber 1025 and lens 1030. The metal ball 1070 can be rotated in its mating socket 1065 through two degrees of freedom about the center-of-rotation 1072, as shown by the arrow. In this manner the light beam angle transmitted from the lens 1030 is fine- tuned to be perpendicular to the diaphragm 1042 surface 1049. [0019] Various alternatives have been modeled using optical ray tracing software. In one embodiment, a 2mm diameter ball lens that is configured according to the drawing in Figure 3 has the design parameters presented in Table 1.
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Table 1 Parameter definitions for design in Figure 3. For a lens with 2mm FS ball w 0.7mm thick window
*TILT/DECENTER DATA
0 DT 1 DCX - DCY 0.050000 DCZ ~
TLA ~ TLB ~ TLC -
3 DT 1 DCX - DCY ~ DCZ -
TLA -0.500000 TLB - TLC -
5 DT 1 DCX - DCY - DCZ -
TLA -0.500000 TLB ~ TLC -
7 DT 1 DCX - DCY ~ DCZ -
TLA -0.500000 TLB - TLC ~
[0020] The tilt angle is an input parameter to the ray trace. The same tilt angle is applied to each window surface C and D and the reflector E. Figure 4 shows what happens if the fiber de-center remains 0.05mm and the tilt angle is set to 0. The reflected rays miss the end of the fiber. Compare Figure 4 with Figure 3, where the reflected rays re-enter the fiber. The object and image size in Figure 3 is roughly .065mm (total spot size, not rms). In Figure 4, the size of the image (reflected spot) is roughly .115mm and is not centered about the object (fiber end). [0021] As previously discussed, a configuration to collimate light shining on the diaphragm of a fiber optic Fabry-Perot pressure sensor is shown in Figures 1 and 2. A light delivery fiber and a ball lens are not attached to one another.
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[0022] In addition to the alignment issues caused by the non-attached ball lens and fiber, the non-attached case results in two unwanted reflective surfaces (the fiber end and the ball lens input surface) that could interfere with the desired signal from the Fabry-Perot sensor. In the embodiment shown in Figure 10, the ball lens 1030 is attached to the optical fiber 1025. More specifically, the ball lens 1030 is fused and centered on the end of the optical fiber 1025 minimizing the de-centering problem and eliminating two unwanted reflective surfaces. A ball lens is fused to the silica optical fiber by heating the end of the fiber to the melting point. During melting of the fiber, surface tension produces a sphere of transparent silica, and when the melted silica refreezes, the ball lens is permanently fused to the end of the fiber. Alternatively, the ball lens 1030 can be bonded to the optical fiber 1025 using an adhesive. The typical diameter of the ball lens formed in this manner is 340μm.
[0023] An additional way to improve the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor is to machine a feature (such as a circular groove) into the diaphragm that causes the surface of the diaphragm to translate without bending as the diaphragm deflects. This feature could be configured as a mesa 500 (which is the circular groove cut into the diaphragm substantially surrounding the flat mesa reflective surface of the diaphragm), a plug 600, or a bellows 700 as depicted in Figures 5, 6, and 7, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the mesa diaphragm 500 includes a circular groove 510 cut therein. As shown, the circular groove 510 surrounds the reflective surface 549 of the diaphragm 500.
[0024] Another way to improve the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor 10 is to attach a glass plate and/or dielectric coating 49 to the surface of
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the diaphragm 42 that allows the reflectance of the diaphragm 42 to be optimized and to remain uniform with time and temperature.
[0025] Additionally, the performance of the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor could be improved by machining a concave spherical depression 810 as depicted in Figure 8 in the center of the diaphragm 800 to provide modal control of the Fabry- Perot gap. The depth of the spherical depression must be less than the minimum gap that is to be measured with the Fabry-Perot sensor.
[0026] The features of the second reflector in the Fabry-Perot interferometer based sensor combine to enable a transducer head 900 to be fabricated that is very short and very small in diameter. The small size allows the transducer head 900 to be placed on then end of a flexible probe 910 for use in locations where space and access are very limited, forming a flexible transducer. In gas turbine applications where pressure pulsations in the combustor are to be monitored, it is desirable to install the pressure transducers and other sensors as close as possible to the combustion zone. Combustor baskets in Siemens Westinghouse turbines contain J-tubes used to examine the combustor basket with a horoscope. A flexible transducer may be installed in this location but there are physical limitations to the size of the transducer head and the pigtail assembly that contains the leads. It is straightforward to design and build a fiber optic transducer that fits within the size envelope defined by the gas turbine combustor basket J-tube. One design is shown in Figure 9. The size constraints include the diameter and length of the transducer and the flexibility of the pigtail assembly that must be pressure sealed.
[0027] While the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment, obviously other embodiments, modifications, and alternations could be
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ascertained by one skilled in the art upon reading the present disclosed. The present invention is intended to cover these other embodiments, modifications, and alterations that fall within the scope of the invention upon a reading and understanding of this specification.
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Claims
1. A sensor assembly comprising: an optical fiber having an optical axis; a lens in optical communication with said optical fiber, said lens having an optical axis and said lens capable of transmitting a beam of light; a reflective surface, said reflective surface spaced from said lens such that said beam of light transmitted from said lens is capable of reflecting from said reflective surface back to said lens; and an alignment device capable of aligning said beam of light transmitted from said lens substantially perpendicular with said reflective surface.
2. The sensor assembly of claim 1, further comprising a transparent window with a partially reflective surface, wherein said partially reflective surface of said window is substantially parallel with and is separated by a gap from said reflective surface, said optically transparent window and said reflective surface forming a Fabry-Perot sensor.
3. The sensor assembly of claim 2, wherein said lens comprises at least one of: a ball lens; a graded index lens; a lens that focuses light; and a lens that collimates lights.
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4. The sensor assembly of claim 3, further comprising a ferrule encasing said optical fiber, said ferrule aligning said optical axis of said optical fiber with said optical axis of said lens.
5. The sensor assembly of claim 3, wherein said ball lens is attached to said optical fiber to align said optical axis of said optical fiber with said optical axis of said lens.
6. The sensor assembly of claim 5, wherein said ball lens is attached to said optical fiber by melting or bonding said ball lens to said optical fiber.
7. The sensor assembly of claim 4, wherein said ball lens is not attached to said optical fiber.
8. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said alignment device comprises: a body having a socket aperture; a ball rotatably positioned in said socket aperture; wherein at least a portion of said optical fiber is positioned within said ball.
9. The sensor assembly of claim 8, wherein said ball is rotatable to align said beam of light transmitted from said lens substantially perpendicular with said reflective surface.
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10. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said alignment device comprises a wedge shaped window located between said lens and said reflective surface.
11. The sensor assembly of claim 1 , wherein said alignment device comprises a wedge shaped spacer located between said lens and said reflective surface.
12. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said alignment device comprises a transducer body having an axis and an end surface, said end surface machined at an angle relative to said transducer body axis to align said beam of light transmitted from said lens substantially perpendicular with said reflective surface.
13. The sensor assembly of claim 1, wherein said reflective surface is a diaphragm.
14. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said diaphragm comprises at least one of: a flat diaphragm; a mesa diaphragm; a plug diaphragm; and a bellows diaphragm.
15. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said diaphragm has a dielectric reflective surface.
16. The sensor assembly of claim 15, wherein said diaphragm comprises a mesa diaphragm, said mesa diaphragm comprising a circular groove substantially surrounding said dielectric reflective surface.
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17. The sensor assembly of claim 13, wherein said diaphragm has a flat or a concave reflective surface.
18. The sensor assembly of claim 1, further comprising a flexible tube encasing at least a portion of said optical fiber to form a flexible transducer.
19. A Fabry-Perot sensor assembly comprising: an optical fiber; a ball lens in optical communication with said optical fiber said ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light; a window having a first surface and a second surface; a diaphragm spaced from and parallel to said second surface of said window, said diaphragm having a partially reflective surface; and an alignment device capable of aligning said beam of light transmitted from said ball lens substantially perpendicular with said partially reflective dielectric coating of said diaphragm.
20. The Fabry-Perot sensor assembly of claim 19, wherein said ball lens is attached to said optical fiber.
21. The Fabry-Perot sensor assembly of claim 20, wherein attaching said ball lens to said fiber is accomplished by melting an end of said fiber in a controlled manner.
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22. The Fabry-Perot sensor assembly of claim 21 , wherein said alignment device comprises at least one of: a ball and socket arrangement; a wedged shaped window; a wedge shaped spacer; and an angled transducer body.
23. The Fabry-Perot sensor assembly of claim 19, further comprising a flexible tube encasing at least a portion of said optical fiber to form a flexible transducer.
24. A sensor assembly comprising: a body having a socket; a ball rotatably positioned in said socket of said body; an optical fiber, at least a portion of said optical fiber positioned in said ball; a ball lens attached to said optical fiber, said ball lens capable of transmitting a beam of light; a diaphragm having a reflective surface, said diaphragm spaced from said ball lens such that said beam of light transmitted by said ball lens is capable of reflecting from said surface of said diaphragm back to said ball lens; and wherein rotation of said ball aligns said beam of light transmitted from said ball lens substantially perpendicular with said reflective surface of said mesa diaphragm.
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