Fiber Optic Sensors for Aerospace Applications

This document is intended to describe technologies available, application needs, and operational requirements relating to the use of fiber optic sensing systems on aerospace platforms:aTo define standard terminology used in describing fiber optic sensing systems and their performance.bTo identify current interfaces used for fiber optic sensing systems.cTo define environmental, reliability, and maintainability capabilities of fiber optic sensing system components.dTo describe the fiber optic sensor and instrumentation technologies that forms the current state of the art.eTo describe current and future unmet needs of the aerospace industry for measurements using fiber optic sensors.Cross Reference: