Long-range hybrid network with point and distributed Brillouin sensors using Raman amplification

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 9531-9541

  Zornoza, Ander ^a   Pérez Herrera, Rosa Ana ^a   Elosúa, César ^a   Diaz, Silvia ^a   Bariain, Candido ^a   Loayssa, Alayn ^a   Lopez Amo, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; VENTILATION EXHAUSTS;

DISTRIBUTED BRILLOUIN SENSOR; DISTRIBUTED RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSING; FIBER LOSS; FOUR-POINT; FREQUENCY RANGES; HYBRID NETWORK; INTENSITY SENSOR; NETWORK BUS; NOVEL CONCEPT; OPTICAL SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RAMAN AMPLIFICATION; SENSING RANGES; TEMPERATURE RESOLUTION; VIBRATION SENSORS;

AMPLIFICATION;

EID: 77952079740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.009531     Document Type: Article

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