Advanced Pulse Coding Techniques for Distributed Optical Fiber Sensors

Advanced optical pulse coding methods to enhance the performance of distributed optical fiber sensors are reviewed. In particular, the latest implementations dedicated to high-performance long-range Raman and Brillouin based distributed sensing are described.

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