Optical time-domain reflectometry interrogation of multiplexing low-reflectance Bragg-grating-based sensor system

Optical Engineering

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1597-1603

  Zhang, Po ^a   Cerecedo Nunez H H ^a   Qi, B ^a   Pickrell, G ^a   Wang, Anbo ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bragg grating multiplexing; Fiber Bragg gratings; Optical fiber sensors; Optical time domain reflectometry

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; LASERS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRAGG GRATING MULTIPLEXING; BRAGG GRATING SENSOR; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; OPTICAL SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0041698094     PISSN: 00913286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.1571061     Document Type: Article

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