Distributed fiber strain sensor with 1-kHz sampling rate based on Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 19, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 1928-1930

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Correlation; Distributed detection; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber measurements; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; MACH-ZEHNDER INTERFEROMETERS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; STRAIN MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL CORRELATION DOMAIN ANALYSIS; SAMPLING RATE; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STRAIN SENSOR; TIME GATE;

FIBER OPTIC SENSORS;

EID: 38049123705     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2007.908772     Document Type: Article

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