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Photonics Research, Volume. 7, Issue 6, 652(2019)

High-performance optical chirp chain BOTDA by using a pattern recognition algorithm and the differential pulse-width pair technique

Benzhang Wang¹, Baohua Fan², Dengwang Zhou¹, Chao Pang¹, Yue Li¹, Dexin Ba¹, and Yongkang Dong^1、*

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¹National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Tunable Laser, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

²The 29th Research Institute of China Electronics Technology Group Corporation, Chengdu 610036, China

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Paper Information

Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

Received: Dec. 18, 2018

Accepted: Apr. 9, 2019

Published Online: May. 28, 2019

The Author Email: Yongkang Dong (aldendong@gmail.com)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.7.000652

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laser devices and laser physics

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