Characterization of the Noise Induced by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Distributed Sensing

The excess noise due to stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in gain and loss-based Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers (BOTDA) has been investigated theoretically and experimentally for the first time to the best of our knowledge. This investigation provides a full insight to the SBS-induced n...

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Main Authors: Jaffar Emad Kadum, Cheng Feng, Thomas Schneider
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-08-01
Series:Sensors
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/20/15/4311