Sentek Instrument

Optical Sensing for Extreme Environments

Images suggesting the uses for optical sensors for Aerospace, Energy, Chemical Processing and Research in harsh environments

Vertically Integrated Manufacturing

Proven Performance in Harsh Enivronments

Sentek delivers high-performance sensing solutions through vertically integrated technologies, purpose-built products and proved performance in demanding environments.

Diagram of Sentek Core Technologies, Products and Key Markets. Icons for engineered fiber, sapphire processing, FP sensors, interrogators and software, pressure and temperature, distributed sensors, oil, gas, geothermal wells, gas turbines, and chemical processing systems.

Engineered Fiber

Proprietary fiber design and manufacturing for enhanced sensing performance, providing higher sensitivity, uniformity, and reliability for both distributed and point sensors.

Black spool of optical fiber Bragg grating Array from Sentek Instrument

Sapphire Sensor Structures

Advanced physical and chemical processing of single-crystal sapphire to create monolithic, ultra-robust sensor structures that excel at extreme temperatures, pressures, and harsh chemicals.

Sapphire Molecular Structure in Diagram form

Fabry-Perot Interferometric Sensors

Highly sensitive optical interferometry converts minute changes in pressure, temperature, acoustics or electromagnetic parameters into precise optical signals with exceptional stability and immunity to EMI.

Interrogators & Signal Processing

Custom-designed interrogators and advanced signal processing software extract the highest fidelity data with high resolution, wide dynamic range, and real-time performance and provide user-friendly data display, manipulation, analysis and storage.

NovaPT-E GUI display
NovaPT-E GUI display

Complete Sensing Systems

End-to-end, field-proven sensing systems for aerospace, energy, chemical processing, and other demanding industries. From specialty optical fibers and sensor probes to interrogators and complete sensing systems, we develop and control the critical technologies that enable superior performance, exceptional reliability, rapid innovation, and solutions engineered for the world’s most extreme environments.