Laser frequency-noise-limited ultrahigh resolution remote fiber sensing

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 4617-4624

  Chow, Jong H ^a   Littler, Ian C M ^b   McClelland, David E ^a   Gray, Malcolm B ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIFIERS; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRAIN CONTROL;

RAYLEIGH BACK-SCATTERING; STRAIN EQUIVALENT NOISE FLOOR; ULTRA-SENSITIVE STRAIN DETECTION SYSTEM; ULTRAHIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE FIBER SENSING;

REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 33744510457     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.004617     Document Type: Article

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