High-resolution distributed temperature sensing with the multiphoton-timing technique

Applied Optics

Volumn 34, Issue 16, 1995, Pages 2955-2967

  Hobel M ^a   Ricka, J ^a   Wuthrich M ^a   Binkert, Th ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Distributed anti Stokes Raman thermometry; Distributed temperature sensor; Multiphoton timing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975646284     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.34.002955     Document Type: Article

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