Brillouin optical-fiber frequency-domain analysis for distributed temperature and strain measurements

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 654-662

  Garus, Dieter ^a,b   Gogolla, Torsten ^a   Krebber, Katerina ^a,c,d   Schliep, Frank ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^d Central Laboratory of Applied Physics Bulgarian Academy of Sciences   (Bulgaria)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Frequency domain analysis; Laser modulation; Neodymium:YAG lasers; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber measurements; Strain measurements; Temperature measurements

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT MODULATION; NEODYMIUM LASERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR); YTTRIUM ALUMINUM GARNET (YAG) LASERS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031119629     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.566687     Document Type: Article

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