An Optical-Fiber Sensor for Use in Water Systems Utilizing Digital Signal Processing Techniques and Artificial Neural Network Pattern Recognition

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  King, Damien ^a   Lyons, William B ^a   Flanagan, Colin ^a   Lewis, Elfed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air; Alcohol; Fast Fourier transform (FFT); Neural networks; Optical time domain reflectrometry (OTDR); Pattern recognition; Signal processing; U bend optical fiber sensor; Water

Indexed keywords

BACKPROPAGATION; CLADDING (COATING); DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; ETHANOL; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FLUORESCENCE; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REFLECTOMETERS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTROMETRY (OTDR); POLYMER-CLAD SILICA (PCS); U-BEND OPTICAL-FIBER SENSOR;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 2342488795     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2003.820344     Document Type: Article

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