Applied Optical Sensors Group
The Applied Optical Sensors Group undertakes research and provides consultancy and expert advice in the areas of fibre optic sensing technologies and composite materials.
Staff within the Group combine expertise in the following areas:
- Simultaneous and real-time process monitoring
- Thermal, spectral, physical and rheological characteristics of materials
- Technologies based on optical fibre properties
- Integrity assessment of civil structures (composite bridge, foundation piles and concrete columns) and composite materials
- Use of optical fibre-based sensors
- Development of strategies for sensor bonding and protection
Novel Manufacturing Techniques
- Laser-ablated and chemical-etched optical Fabry-Perot sensors
Facilities and Instrumentation
The Group welcomes enquiries from industry or academia relating to these research themes.
Return to the Sensors, Explosives Analysis and Laser Spectroscopy Unit
Dr John Bellerby
T: +44 (0)1793 785335
E: j.m.bellerby@cranfield.ac.uk
