Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
improvised explosive devices, IED, slab-coupled optical fiber sensors, SCOS
College
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
Department
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Abstract
Improvised explosive devices (IEDs) are a leading cause of the deaths of soldiers in militarized areas. Technology is being developed to disarm IEDs by coupling electrical energy in the blasting caps of the IEDs, but in order to do so effectively, a sensor needs to be capable of measuring the voltage potential between the leads of the blasting caps without altering the electric field between them. Slab-coupled optical fiber sensors (SCOS) are electric field sensing devices that have been developed at BYU and are best suited to solving this problem, as they have the capability to measure extremely large electric fields with minimal effect on the field itself. I researched the possibility of measuring high-voltage pulses with SCOS, and found that SCOS fabricated with a polymer waveguides are capable of sensing a high-voltage pulse.
Recommended Citation
Woodard, Leeland and Schultz, Dr. Stephen
(2014)
"High-voltage Pulse Detection using Optical Fiber Sensors,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2014:
Iss.
1, Article 87.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2014/iss1/87