• DocumentCode
    1827099
  • Title

    Performance improvement in Brillouin-based simultaneous strain and temperature sensors employing pulse coding in coherent detection schemes

  • Author

    Soto, Marcelo A. ; Bolognini, Gabriele ; Pasquale, Fabrizio Di

  • Author_Institution
    Scuola Superiore Sant´´Anna, Pisa
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We have experimentally characterized the benefits of pulse coding in coherent-detection Brillouin-based hybrid sensors, achieving 15 dB improvement in two-way sensing distance at same resolution in simultaneous strain and temperature sensing.
  • Keywords
    fibre optic sensors; optical coherent transients; strain sensors; temperature sensors; Brillouin-based simultaneous strain and temperature sensors; coherent detection schemes; pulse coding; Brillouin scattering; Capacitive sensors; Optical fiber sensors; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Strain measurement; Temperature sensors; (060. 2370) Fiber optics sensors; (290.5830) Scattering; Brillouin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032746