Title :
Optical fiber sensors based on Brillouin scattering
Author :
Bao, Xiaoyi ; Chen, Liang
Author_Institution :
Phys. Dept., Univ. of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Abstract :
The Brillouin scattering in fiber can be used as point sensors or distributed sensors for measuring temperature, strain, birefringence and vibration over centimeters (Brillouin grating length) or over 50 km length with sub-meter spatial resolution.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre dispersion; Brillouin scattering; birefringence measurement; distance 50 km; distributed sensors; optical fiber sensor; point sensors; strain measurement; submeter spatial resolution; temperature measurement; vibration measurement; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Scattering; Spatial resolution; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Society Summer Topical Meeting Series, 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Playa del Carmen
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3730-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3731-3
DOI :
10.1109/PHOSST.2010.5553633
