Correlation-based continuous-wave technique for optical fiber distributed strain measurement using brillouin scattering with CM-order spatial resolution - Applications to smart materials

IEICE Transactions on Electronics

Volumn E84-C, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1823-1828

  Hotate, Kazuo ^a   Tanaka, Masato ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Fiber optic sensor; Smart material; Spatial resolution; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002844106     PISSN: 09168524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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