Distributed fiber-optic stress-location measurement by arbitrary shaping of optical coherence function

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1715-1723

  He, Zuyuan ^a   Hotate, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Distributed sensing; Optical coherence function; Optical fiber measurements; Optical fiber polarization; Optical interferometry; Polarization mode coupling; Reflectometry; Super structure grating distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) laser diode

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHT MEASUREMENT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TRANSFER FUNCTION; PHASE MODULATION; SCANNING;

DISTRIBUTED BRAGG REFLECTOR; DISTRIBUTED FIBER OPTIC STRESS LOCATION MEASUREMENT; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; OPTICAL COHERENCE FUNCTION; OPTICAL INTERFEROMETRY; OPTICAL PATH DIFFERENCE; POLARIZATION MODE COUPLING; STRESS INDUCED POLARIZATION MODE; TRIANGULAR COHERENCE FUNCTION;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0036767143     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2002.802205     Document Type: Article

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