Chirped-pulse phase-sensitive reflectometry — hearing behind the walls with high fidelity

We review our recent work on chirped-pulse phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry along optical fibers and its application in the measurement of true nanostrain variations in the kHz frequency range over km-long fibers. We also show how this technique can be used to perform distributed photothermal measurements of gas presence in suitable microstructured fibers.

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