High-accuracy discriminative sensing of strain and temperature by use of birefringence and Brillouin scattering in a polarization-maintaining fiber

Weiwen Zou; Zuyuan He; Kazuo Hotate

doi:10.1117/12.785918

16 May 2008 High-accuracy discriminative sensing of strain and temperature by use of birefringence and Brillouin scattering in a polarization-maintaining fiber

Weiwen Zou, Zuyuan He, Kazuo Hotate

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Proceedings Volume 7004, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 70040J (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785918
Event: 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 2008, Perth, WA, Australia

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel method to discriminate strain and temperature by simultaneous measurements of birefringence and Brillouin frequency shift in a PANDA-type polarization-maintaining fiber. A high-accuracy discrimination of 3~4 με and 0.02~0.03 °C is realized.

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Weiwen Zou, Zuyuan He, and Kazuo Hotate "High-accuracy discriminative sensing of strain and temperature by use of birefringence and Brillouin scattering in a polarization-maintaining fiber", Proc. SPIE 7004, 19th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 70040J (16 May 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.785918

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