Title :
Analysis of Brillouin-Based Distributed Fiber Sensors Using Optical Pulse Coding
Author :
Sahu, P.K. ; Soto, Marcelo A. ; Jeonghwan Lee ; Bolognini, G. ; NamKyoo Park ; Di Pasquale, F.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Commun. Eng., Indian Inst. of Technol., Kharagpur, India
Abstract :
We propose the use of pulse Simplex-coding in distributed temperature sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering. The analysis shows achieved performance improvement and the effect on stimulated Brillouin threshold, resulting in lower required input power.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; stimulated Brillouin scattering; temperature sensors; time-domain reflectometry; distributed fiber sensors; distributed temperature sensors; optical pulse coding; optical time domain reflectometry; pulse Simplex-coding; spontaneous Brillouin scattering; stimulated Brillouin threshold; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical fiber sensors; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical scattering; Optical sensors; Spatial resolution; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528402
