Looped back fiber mode for reduction of false alarm in leak detection using distributed optical fiber sensor

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 3869-3874

  Chelliah, Pandian ^a   Murgesan, Kasinathan ^a   Samvel, Sosamma ^a   Chelamchala, Babu Rao ^a   Tammana, Jayakumar ^a   Nagarajan, Murali ^a   Raj, Baldev ^a  

^a INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALARM SYSTEMS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ERRORS; LEAK DETECTION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

CONVENTIONAL SENSORS; DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; DISTRIBUTED TEMPERATURE SENSOR; FALSE ALARM RATE; FALSE ALARMS; FIBER MODE; FIBER-BASED SYSTEMS; INHERENT NOISE;

FIBERS;

EID: 77955879574     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.003869     Document Type: Article

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