Long range distributed strain/temperature sensing using correlation-coded BOTDA

Date Issued
01-01-2014
Author(s)
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Bhargav, S.
Prasanth, P.
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras
Abstract
In this paper, we review the use of correlation coding techniques to improve the dynamic range of a Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) system. Specifically, the use of Golay codes has been studied through simulations, which have also been validated experimentally.