Simplified Brillouin optical time-domain sensor based on direct modulation of a laser diode

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 24012-24018

  Song, Kwang Yong ^a   Yang, Sora ^a  

^a Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROWAVE DEVICES; MICROWAVE SENSORS; MODULATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

BRILLOUIN; BRILLOUIN FREQUENCY SHIFTS; BRILLOUIN PUMP; DIRECT MODULATION; DISTRIBUTED MEASUREMENTS; LASER DIODES; PROBE WAVES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; TIME DOMAIN;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 78149420110     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.024012     Document Type: Article

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