Temperature and strain measurements using the power, line-width, shape and frequency shift of the Brillouin loss spectrum

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 4920, Issue , 2002, Pages 311-322

  Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Smith, Jeff ^b   Brown, Anthony ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Distributed sensor; Simultaneous temperature and strain sensing; Strain measurement; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; OPTICAL PUMPING; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; SIMULTANEOUS TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN SENSING; STRUCTURAL MONITORING; TEMPERATURE AND STRAIN MEASUREMENTS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION;

SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

EID: 15344350119     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.481989     Document Type: Conference Paper

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