The Use of Rayleigh Backscattering For Interferometric Remote Fiber Optic Sensor System

Authors: A. M. MAMEDOV, V. T. POTAPOV, S. V. SHATALIN, R. JUSKAITIS

Abstract: Distributed intrusion detector capable of locating weak mechanical perturbations along an optical fiber is described. The devise is based on a coherent light source reflectometer and demonstrate sensitivity aproaching that of interferometric sensors.

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