Decimeter spatial resolution by using differential preexcitation BOTDA pulse technique

IEEE Sensors Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2344-2348

  Galíndez Jamioy, Carlos Augusto ^a   López Higuera, José Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Distributed optical fiber sensors; spatial resolution; stimulated Brillouin scattering

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN; DISTRIBUTED OPTICAL FIBER SENSORS; LOW-INTENSITY; MAIN PULSE; OPTICAL PULSE; PULSE TECHNIQUE; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN;

IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; SCATTERING; STIMULATED BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ULTRASONICS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 80051755312     PISSN: 1530437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSEN.2011.2136333     Document Type: Article

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