Title :
Measurement of localized heating in fiber optic components with millimeter spatial resolution
Author :
Soller, B.J. ; Gifford, D.K. ; Wolfe, M.S. ; Froggatt, M.E. ; Yu, M.H. ; Wysocki, P.F.
Author_Institution :
Luna Technol. Inc., Blacksburg, VA, USA
Abstract :
We present a novel, Rayleigh backscatter based method for ultra-high resolution distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing. This technique is applied to in-situ temperature monitoring for high-power amplifier module applications where the component itself is the sensor.
Keywords :
backscatter; fibre optic sensors; monitoring; optical fibre amplifiers; power amplifiers; temperature sensors; Rayleigh backscatter; fiber optic components; fiber-optic temperature sensing; high-power amplifier module applications; in-situ temperature monitoring; localized heating; millimeter spatial resolution; ultra-high resolution distributed temperature sensing; Backscatter; Heating; Light scattering; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fibers; Optical scattering; Raman scattering; Rayleigh scattering; Spatial resolution; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.216020
