Optical frequency domain reflectometry based on real-time Fourier transformation

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 4597-4616

  Park, Yongwoo ^a   Ahn, Tae Jung ^a   Kieffer, Jean Claude ^a   Azaña, José ^a  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; OPTICAL TOMOGRAPHY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

AXIAL LINE ACQUISITION RATES; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OFDR) SYSTEM; OPTICAL PULSE;

REFLECTOMETERS;

EID: 34247279803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.004597     Document Type: Article

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