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OPTICAL TIME DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY [1 record]

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Record 1 2012-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Optical Telecommunications
  • Photoelectricity and Electron Optics
CONT

Distributed Temperature Sensing uses the principle of Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and works by sending a pulse of laser light down an optical fibre and measuring the changes in the properties of the reflected light. It provides much more information than discrete sensors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications optiques
  • Photo-électricité et optique électronique
DEF

Méthode d'évaluation des fibres optiques.

OBS

On introduit une impulsion lumineuse à une extrémité de la fibre puis, on evalue le temps que met le flux énergique ainsi créé à réfléchir vers cette même extrémité.

Spanish

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