High spatial and spectral resolution long-range sensing using Brillouin echoes

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2993-3003

  Foaleng, Stella M ^a   Tur, Moshe ^a,b   Beugnot, Jean Charles ^a   Thévenaz, Luc ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Brillouin echoes; distributed fiber sensor; fiber optics sensors; stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY SHIFTS; BRILLOUIN SENSING; DIFFERENTIAL GAIN; DISTRIBUTED FIBER SENSOR; FIBER OPTICS SENSORS; FREQUENCY RESOLUTIONS; LONG RANGE; NATURAL LINEWIDTHS; OPTICAL PHASE; PRE-ACTIVATION; RANGE SENSING;

ACOUSTIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ACOUSTIC FIELDS; ACOUSTIC WAVES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; SENSORS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

FIBERS;

EID: 77957742621     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2073443     Document Type: Article

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