@inproceedings{12ec7ebe0f4f4294b7f6e72d4497c96f,
title = "Optical fiber distributed sensing for high temperature superconductor magnets",
abstract = "Over the last two decades, high temperature superconductors (HTS) have achieved performance and technical maturity that make them an enabling technology or an attractive solution for a number of applications like electric motors and generators, particle accelerators and fusion magnets. One of the remaining challenges that hinders a wide use of HTS and needs to be solved is quench detection, since conventional voltage based quench detection puts HTS magnets at risk. In this work we have developed and experimentally investigated the application of Rayleigh-backscattering interrogated optical fibers (RIOF) to the detection of normal zones in superconducting magnets. Different ways to integrate optical fibers into magnets are explored and the earlier detection of RIOF compared to voltage is demonstrated.",
author = "Federico Scurti and Justin Schwartz",
year = "2017",
month = jan,
day = "1",
doi = "10.1117/12.2265947",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
publisher = "SPIE",
editor = "Libo Yuan and Youngjoo Chung and Wei Jin and Byoungho Lee and John Canning and Kentaro Nakamura",
booktitle = "25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors",
address = "United States",
note = "25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, OFS 2017 ; Conference date: 24-04-2017 Through 28-04-2017",
}