Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2017) | Viewed by 58769
Special Issue Editor
Interests: distributed measurements and sensors; Raman amplification; optical fiber sources
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Dear Colleagues,
Distributed optical fiber sensors are a unique class of optical sensors, in which a position-resolved, quantitative physical measurement can be done along the entire length of an optical fiber cable. These systems can continuously measure thousands (or millions) of sensing points in a single optical fiber, making them especially suitable for the monitoring of large infrastructures. This Special Issue will focus on all aspects of research and development related to these sensors. The scope covers all topics associated with distributed and quasi-distributed optical fiber sensing, addressing subjects, such as Brillouin, Rayleigh and Raman scattering, interrogation schemes in distributed sensing (time-domain, frequency-domain, correlation-domain, etc.), polarization issues, signal-to-noise ratio enhancement techniques (e.g., coding, image processing), data post-processing in distributed sensors, sensing cable design and manufacture, specialty fibers for distributed sensing, applications of distributed sensing, etc. Invited contributions will be selected among the most reputable groups working on the subject. Regular contributions will also be welcome in all the topics indicated above.
Prof. Miguel González Herráez
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- fiber sensing
- distributed optical fiber sensors
- Raman scattering
- Brillouin scattering
- Rayleigh scattering
- phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry
- optical frequency-domain reflectometry
- Brillouin optical time domain analysis
- Quasi-distributed optical fiber sensing
- Fiber Bragg gratings
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