Distributed fiber-optic sensor for dynamic strain measurement

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1067-1072

  Chaube, Prabodh ^a   Colpitts, Bruce G ^b,c   Jagannathan, Deepak ^b,c   Brown, Anthony W ^b  

^a Optical Sensing Systems   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^c IEEE

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Optical fiber transducers; Strain measurement; Temperature measurement

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; SENSORS; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRILLOUIN; DISTRIBUTED SENSING; DYNAMIC STRAINING; DYNAMIC SYSTEMS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL PULSES; PUMP SIGNALS; SINUSOIDAL STRAIN; SPATIAL RESOLUTION.; SPECTRA (CO); STRAIN DISTRIBUTIONS; STRAIN PROFILING;

STRAIN;

EID: 47849108432     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2008.926107     Document Type: Conference Paper

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