Theoretical study of the effect of slow light on BOTDA spatial resolution

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 10351-10358

  Ravet, Fabien ^a   Chen, Liang ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Zou, Lufan ^a   Kalosha, V P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; OPTICAL SENSORS; RESONANCE; STRAIN; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS (BOTDA); LOCATION ACCURACY; PUMP DEPLETION; STOKES POWERS;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 33750730249     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.010351     Document Type: Article

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