Hybrid OTDR-fiber laser system for remote sensors multiplexing

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7653, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Bravo, M ^a   Fernandez Vallejo, M ^a   Lopez Amo, M ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA); Fiber bragg grating (FBG); Microbending sensors; OTDR; Remote sensing; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

DISPLACEMENT SENSOR; FIBER BRAGG GRATING (FBG); HYBRID MULTIPLEXING; LASER SYSTEMS; LONG-RANGE STRUCTURES; MICROBENDERS; MICROBENDING SENSOR; MULTIWAVELENGTH LASING; OPTICAL FIBER SENSOR; OTDR; REMOTE SENSORS; SIMULTANEOUS UTILIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (WDM);

ERBIUM; ERBIUM DOPED FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER AMPLIFIERS; FIBER BRAGG GRATINGS; FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; MULTIPLEXING EQUIPMENT; OPTICAL FIBERS; REMOTE SENSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

FIBERS;

EID: 77957833995     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.866414     Document Type: Conference Paper

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