A calibrated 27-km distributed fiber temperature sensor based on microwave heterodyne detection of spontaneous Brillouin backscattered power

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 511-513

  Maughan, S M ^a   Kee, H H ^a   Newson, T P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Distributed detection; Heterodyning; Laser applications; Optical fiber measurement applications; Optical spectroscopy; Rayleigh scattering; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FREQUENCY STABILITY; HETERODYNING; LASER APPLICATIONS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRILLOUIN BACKSCATTERED POWER; DISTRIBUTED FIBER TEMPERATURE SENSOR; MICROWAVE HETERODYNE DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT APPLICATIONS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0035335810     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.920769     Document Type: Article

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