Characterization of optical fibers for optimization of a Brillouin scattering based fiber optic sensor

Optical Fiber Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-145

  Brown, Kellie ^a   Brown, Anthony W ^a   Colpitts, Bruce G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Distributed sensor; Linewidth; Strain coefficient; Temperature coefficient

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTONS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL PROCESSING; STRAIN; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTED SENSORS; LINEWIDTH; STRAIN COEFFICIENT; TEMPERATURE COEFFICIENT;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

EID: 15344339762     PISSN: 10685200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yofte.2004.08.004     Document Type: Article

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