Enhancing the measurement range of a Brillouin based fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor by improving receiver sensitivity through optical preamplification

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5589, Issue , 2004, Pages 325-336

  De Souza, K ^a   Newson, T P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brillouin; Erbium doped fiber amplifier; Fiber optic sensor; Rayleigh

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER LASERS; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PHOTODETECTORS;

BRILLOUIN; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSORS; ERBIUM-DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; RAYLEIGH;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 17044399828     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.573259     Document Type: Conference Paper

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