100 km distributed temperature sensor based on coherent detection of spontaneous Brillouin backscatter

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1544-1547

  Alahbabi, Mohamed N ^a   Cho, Yuh T ^a   Newson, Trevor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brillouin frequency shifts; Brillouin scattering; Distributed temperature; Distributed temperature and strain sensors; Laser source; Lightwave detector; Live optical fibre data links; Monitoring temperature on power lines; Nuclear reactors; Oil pipelines; Optical fibre sensors; Power plants; Strain

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; MEASUREMENT THEORY; MICROWAVES; OPTICAL SENSORS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; HETERODYNE DETECTION; OPTICAL SENSING; TEMPERATURE ERRORS;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

FIBER OPTICS; OIL PIPELINE; TEMPERATURE SENSOR;

EID: 4043131765     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/15/8/020     Document Type: Article

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