Simultaneous distributed measurement of strain and temperature from noise-initiated Brillouin scattering in optical fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 645-659

  Parker, T R ^a,b,c,d   Farhadiroushan, M ^a,b,c,e,f,g   Feced, R ^a,b,h,i   Handerek, V A ^a,b,d,j,k,l   Rogers, A J ^a,b,l,m,n,o  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f UCL

^g SensorDynamics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^j STL   (United Kingdom)

^k Andrew Corporation   (United States)

^l Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^o Ctrl Elec Research Laboratories

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Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Optical fiber measurements; Strain measurement; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040415458     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/3.663443     Document Type: Article

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