Experimental and Theoretical Studies on a Distributed Temperature Sensor Based on Brillouin Scattering

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1995, Pages 1340-1348

  Bao, X ^a   Dhliwayo, Jabulani ^b   Heron, Nicol ^b   Webb, David J ^b   Jackson, D A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVES; ELECTROSTRICTION; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

ACOUSTIC FIELDS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; OPTICAL WAVES;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 0029342573     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: 15582213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.400678     Document Type: Article

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