Signal processing for a high-spatial-resolution distributed sensor

Optical Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1632-1635

  DeMerchant, Michael D ^a   Brown, Anthony W ^a   Bao, Xlaoyl ^a   Bremner, Theodore W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; COMPUTER CONTROL SYSTEMS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT MODULATION; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; REFLECTOMETERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BRILLOUIN LOSS PRINCIPLE; HIGH SPATIAL DISTRIBUTED SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0034207074     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.602539     Document Type: Article

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