Title :
Active distributed sensing using self-heated optical fibers
Author :
Chen, Tong ; Wang, Qingqing ; Chen, Rongzhang ; Zhang, Botao ; Chen, Kevin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
We report distributed sensing with active control using self-heated optical fibers. The heat loss profile along the fiber is spatially interrogated with OFDR Rayleigh backscattering signals to perform gas flow and liquid level sensing measurements.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; level measurement; OFDR Rayleigh backscattering signals; active distributed sensing; gas flow; heat loss profile; liquid level sensing measurements; self-heated optical fibers; Heating; Liquids; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
