Soil-embedded optical fiber sensing cable interrogated by Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry (B-OTDR) and optical frequency-domain reflectometry (OFDR) for embedded cavity detection and sinkhole warning system

Measurement Science and Technology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Lanticq, V ^a   Bourgeois, E ^a   Magnien, P ^b   Dieleman, L ^b   Vinceslas, G ^c   Sang, A ^d   Delepine Lesoille, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ GUSTAVE EIFFEL   (France)

^b SNCF   (France)

^c CETE NC CER   (France)

^d LUNA INNOVATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brillouin backscattering; Distributed measurements; Optical fiber sensor; Optical frequency domain reflectometry; Optical time domain reflectometry; Rayleigh backscattering; Sensing cable; Sinkhole detection

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; CABLES; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; FIBERS; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PERMITTIVITY MEASUREMENT; RAILROAD TUNNELS; RAILROADS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS;

BRILLOUIN BACKSCATTERING; DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY; RAYLEIGH BACKSCATTERING;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 63749091672     PISSN: 09570233     EISSN: 13616501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-0233/20/3/034018     Document Type: Article

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