Optical frequency-domain reflectometry for microbend sensor demodulation

Applied Optics

Volumn 39, Issue 25, 2000, Pages 4569-4581

  Pierce, S Gareth ^a   MacLean, Alistair ^a   Culshaw, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; GRADIENT INDEX OPTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 0001482428     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.39.004569     Document Type: Article

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