• DocumentCode
    1559647
  • Title

    Distributed fiber Brillouin strain sensing with 1-cm spatial resolution by correlation-based continuous-wave technique

  • Author

    Hotate, Kazuo ; Tanaka, Masato

  • Author_Institution
    Tokyo Univ., Japan
  • Volume
    14
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    181
  • Abstract
    This letter describes improvement in the spatial resolution of distributed fiber Brillouin strain sensing by the correlation-based continuous-wave technique, which we proposed previously. The spatial resolution of 1 cm has been achieved for a partly stretched fiber. This result shows the technique is applicable to smart structures or materials as a nervous system to monitor strain distribution.
  • Keywords
    distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; intelligent sensors; intelligent structures; optical correlation; stimulated Brillouin scattering; strain sensors; FM frequency dependence; correlation-based continuous-wave technique; distributed fiber Brillouin strain sensing; partly stretched fiber; position-selective generation; smart structures; spatial resolution; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Acoustic measurements; Acoustic pulses; Brillouin scattering; Capacitive sensors; Frequency; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Pulse measurements; Shape; Spatial resolution;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1041-1135
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/68.980502
  • Filename
    980502