Comparison of distributed fiber optic sensing methods for location and quantity information measurements

Optical Engineering

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 181-189

  Alasaarela, Ilkka ^a   Karioja, Pentti ^a   Kopola, Harri ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Fiber optic sensors; Optical testing; Reflectometry; Smart structures

Indexed keywords

FREQUENCY MODULATION; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; REFLECTOMETERS;

DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS (DOFS); FREQUENCY-MODULATED CONTINUOUS-WAVE (FMCW) METHODS;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 0036124886     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1416743     Document Type: Article

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