Differential techniques for high-resolution BOTDA: An analytical approach

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1295-1297

  Minardo, Aldo ^a   Bernini, Romeo ^b   Zeni, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; distributed sensor; fiber optic sensor

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; BRILLOUIN; DIFFERENTIAL GAIN; DIFFERENTIAL SCHEME; DIFFERENTIAL TECHNIQUE; DISTRIBUTED SENSOR; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; HIGH RESOLUTION;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; OPTICS; PHOTONICS;

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84863481666     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2012.2202223     Document Type: Article

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