Analysis of pulse modulation format in coded BOTDA sensors

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 14878-14892

  Soto, Marcelo A ^a   Bolognini, Gabriele ^a   Pasquale, Fabrizio Di ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODES (SYMBOLS); OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PULSE MODULATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRUM (BGS); BRILLOUIN OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL ANALYSIS; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; NON-RETURN TO ZEROS; RETURN-TO-ZERO MODULATION; SPURIOUS OSCILLATIONS; STRAIN AND TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 79251492478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.014878     Document Type: Article

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