Enhanced simultaneous distributed strain and temperature fiber sensor employing spontaneous Brillouin scattering and optical pulse coding

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 450-452

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

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Modulation coding; Optical fiber measurement; Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR)

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN SENSORS; CODING TECHNIQUES; CROSS SENSITIVITIES; DISTRIBUTED STRAINS; FIBER SENSORS; FREQUENCY SHIFT MEASUREMENTS; HIGH-PEAK POWER; MODULATION CODING; OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; OPTICAL PULSE; OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY (OTDR); PEAK POWER; PERFORMANCE COSTS; SENSING RANGES; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO ENHANCEMENTS; SPONTANEOUS BRILLOUIN SCATTERINGS; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE SENSING; STRAIN RESOLUTIONS; TWO PARAMETERS;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; LASER PULSES; LIGHT PULSE GENERATORS; MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; REFLECTION; REFLECTOMETERS; SCATTERING; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; ULTRASONICS;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 64249127615     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2009.2012874     Document Type: Article

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