Advances in optical fiber distributed temperature sensing using the Landau-Placzek ratio

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 126-128

  Lees, Gareth P ^a   Wait, Peter C ^a   Cole, Martin J ^a   Newson, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser applications; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber measurement applications; Q switched lasers; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE BACKSCATTERING; FIBER LASERS; LASER APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; Q SWITCHED LASERS; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

COHERENT RAYLEIGH NOISE; LANDAU PLACZEK RATIO;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0031646872     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.651134     Document Type: Article

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