High-resolution extended distance distributed fiber-optic sensing using Rayleigh backscatter

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6530, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Kreger, Stephen T ^a   Gifford, Dawn K ^a   Froggatt, Mark E ^a   Sang, Alex K ^a   Duncan, Roger G ^a   Wolfe, Matthew S ^a   Soller, Brian J ^a  

^a LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed sensing; Optical frequency domain interferometry; Rayleigh scatter; Swept wavelength interferometry

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED SENSING; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN INTERFEROMETRY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERS; SWEPT WAVELENGTH INTERFEROMETRY;

BACKSCATTERING; FIBER OPTICS; INTERFEROMETRY; RAYLEIGH SCATTERING; REMOTE SENSING; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 35648930366     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.720913     Document Type: Conference Paper

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