Patent ID: 7630591

Claim:
An optical circuit and sensor system comprising: an optical fiber scrim comprising at least one warp yarn set having at least two warp yarns and at least one crossing yarn that crosses said warp yarn set in a sinuous path across the warp yarn set, wherein at least one of said crossing yarns is an optical fiber, and wherein said optical fiber has a change in light transmission characteristics when exposed to one or more sources selected from the group consisting of mechanical agents, chemical agents, moisture, temperature, pH changes, biological sources, neutrons, and ionizing radiation; a light source and coupling connected to a first end of the optical fiber in the optical fiber scrim such that the light from the light source is directed through the coupling into the first end of the optical fiber; and, a detector connected to a second end of the optical fiber, the second end of the optical fiber being the end of the fiber opposite to the first end of the fiber, wherein the detector measures the light emitted from the optical fiber.