Remote (250 km) fiber Bragg grating multiplexing system

Sensors

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 8711-8720

  Fernandez Vallejo, Montserrat ^a   Rota Rodrigo, Sergio ^a   Lopez Amo, Manuel ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs); Raman amplification; Remote sensing; Sensor multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; RADIOFREQUENCY RADIATION;

GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; RADIO WAVES;

EID: 80053216915     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s110908711     Document Type: Article

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