• DocumentCode
    1658630
  • Title

    Sweep-free Brillouin optical time-domain analyzer with extended dynamic range

  • Author

    Voskoboinik, Asher ; Bozovich, Amanda ; Willner, Alan E. ; Tur, Moshe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng. - Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Sweep-free Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (SF-BOTDA) promises fast and distributed sensing. Using multiple tone spacings, we experimentally demonstrate a new technique to extend the dynamic range of SF-BOTDA to practical values of 1GHz and more.
  • Keywords
    Brillouin spectra; distributed sensors; time-domain analysis; distributed sensing; extended dynamic range; multiple tone spacings; sweep-free Brillouin optical time-domain analyzer; Dynamic range; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Probes; Scattering; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6325849