Analysis of optical pulse coding in spontaneous Brillouin-based distributed temperature sensors

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 19097-19111

  Soto, Marcelo A ^a   Bolognini, Gabriele ^a   Di Pasquale, Fabrizio ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CODES (SYMBOLS); FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; LASER PULSES; OPTICAL FIBERS; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER TEMPERATURE SENSORS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; HIGH-PEAK-POWER PULSE; LANDAU-PLACZEK RATIOS; SPONTANEOUS BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION;

SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETER; TRANSDUCER;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; REFRACTOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; THERMOGRAPHY; THERMOMETERS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 56149121965     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.019097     Document Type: Article

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