• DocumentCode
    449158
  • Title

    Distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing using Rayleigh backscatter

  • Author

    Gifford, Dawn K. ; Soller, B.J. ; Wolfe, Matthew S. ; Froggatt, Make E.

  • Author_Institution
    Luna Technol., Blacksburg, VA, USA
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    511
  • Abstract
    We present a novel technique for distributed fiber-optic temperature sensing based on measuring the temperature-dependent spectral shift of the Rayleigh backscatter signal along an optical fiber. Swept-wavelength interferometry is used to measure the Rayleigh backscatter.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; light interferometry; spectral line shift; temperature sensors; Rayleigh backscatter; distributed temperature sensing; fiber-optic sensing; optical fiber; swept-wavelength interferometry; temperature-dependent spectral shift;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1576361
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=449158