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WAVECAPTURE FBG ANALYZER SYSTEM

ORDERING INFORMATION

StartingWavelength

1280 = 1280.00 nm

1525 = 1525.00 nm

1510 = 1510.00 nm

or specify

FrequencyResponseand Interface

S = RS-232 (~5 Hz)

F = USB 2.0 (~5 kHz)

EndingWavelength

1320 = 1320.00 nm

1565 = 1565.00 nm

1590 = 1590.00 nm

or specify

F

B

G

NumberofChannels

01 = 1 Channel

04 = 4 Channels

16 = 16 Channels

S

Y

S

WAVECAPTURE FBGA OVERVIEW

Advanced Energy's WaveCapture Fiber Bragg Grating Analyzer (FBGA) is an integrated spectral engine that serves

as the heart of precise, fast, and reliable FBG interrogator systems. The FBG Analyzer employs a proprietary optical

design that features high-efficiency dispersive optics, an ultrasensitive detector array, and innovative numerical

algorithms to provide high speed, high-resolution spectral measurements in challenging environments. The figure

below shows an FBG analyzer integrated into an FBG sensing system. A broadband light source illuminates an

optical fiber which features an array of “N” fiber bragg grating sensors. The FBG array reflects “N” spectral bands

of light back down the fiber, where an optical circulator directs the light to the FBG Analyzer. Inside the analyzer,

the light is dispersed and the diffracted spectrum is measured by a detector array. Numerical algorithms are used

to extract each “Bragg wavelengths" from the raw data, which are sent to the host and converted to temperature,

strain, acceleration, or other measured parameter. Both raw and processed data are available to the host.