A Simple Fiber Optic Thermal Switch Or Fire Alarm

M. Luukkala; J. Viirto

doi:10.1117/12.941132

14 October 1987 A Simple Fiber Optic Thermal Switch Or Fire Alarm

M. Luukkala, J. Viirto

Proceedings Volume 0798, Fiber Optic Sensors II; (1987) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941132
Event: Fourth International Symposium on Optical and Optoelectronic Applied Sciences and Engineering, 1987, The Hague, Netherlands

Abstract

We describe a simple and inexpensive fiber optic thermal switch which gives an alarm if temperature exceeds a threshold determined by the material at the fiber end tip.The effect is based on the melting of suitable waxes where the back scattering of light vanishes when the critical threshold temperature is reached. The present device has many attractive features: it is uncomplicated, is based on a "solid state effect", is totally dielectric, and has an excellent long term stability.

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M. Luukkala and J. Viirto "A Simple Fiber Optic Thermal Switch Or Fire Alarm", Proc. SPIE 0798, Fiber Optic Sensors II, (14 October 1987); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.941132

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