Effects of intensity modulation of light source on Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1238-1246

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Correlation; Intensity modulation (IM); Optical fiber measurements; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FIBERS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

BRILLOUIN OPTICAL CORRELATION DOMAIN ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENTS;

OPTICAL CORRELATION;

EID: 34248581015     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893904     Document Type: Article

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