OPTO-ELECTRONIC DEVICE TO DETECT A PHYSICAL QUANTITY AT A DISTANCE

摘要

PCT No. PCT/FR87/00074 Sec. 371 Date Nov. 12, 1987 Sec. 102(e) Date Nov. 12, 1987 PCT Filed Mar. 13, 1987 PCT Pub. No. WO87/05692 PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 1987.The optoelectronic method and system provides for remote detection of physical magnitudes by multiplexing and demultiplexing signals from a plurality of sensors. The system utilizes a single source of incoherent light which illuminates via optical fibers a plurality of sensors associated with encoding devices. Periodic modulation on the light transmitted by each sensor is accomplished at a frequency which is characteristic of the sensor in question. Demultiplexing is provided for demodulating the signals from the various sensors by a Fourier transform, and for identifying each signal by its characteristic modulation frequency.