Detrimental effect of modulation instability on distributed optical fibre sensors using stimulated Brillouin scattering

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5855 PART II, Issue , 2005, Pages 587-590

  Alasia, Dario ^a   Herráez, Miguel González ^b   Abrardi, Laura ^a   López, Sonia Martin ^b   Thévenaz, Luc ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed measurements; Modulation instability; Optical fibre sensors; Stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER;

DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; MODULATION INSTABILITY; OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 28544449719     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.624278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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