Suppression of double Rayleigh scattering-induced excess noise in remotely interrogated fiber-optic interferometric sensors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1582-1584

  Cranch, G A ^a,b   Dandridge, A ^a   Kirkendall, C K ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic interferometric sensor; Noise; Optical hydrophone; Rayleigh scattering

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; HYDROPHONES; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; INTERFEROMETERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

DOUBLE RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; FIBER OPTIC INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS; HIGH COHERENCE LENGTH LASER; LASER SOURCE MODULATION; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETRIC SENSOR; OPTICAL HYDROPHONE;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 0242270850     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2003.818626     Document Type: Article

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