Optimization of Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis system based on intensity modulation scheme

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 4256-4263

  Song, Kwang Yong ^a   He, Zuyuan ^a   Hotate, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OPTIMIZATION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STRAIN;

BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM; BRILLOUIN OPTICAL CORRELATION; STRAIN LIMIT;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 33646586363     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004256     Document Type: Article

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