Reducing Crosstalk Induced by Rayleigh Backscattering Light-Waves in a Quasi-Distributed Acoustic Sensing System

Yang Lu; Lifan Li; Qiuyang Huang; Jianfei Wang; Xiaoyang Hu; Mo Chen; Zhou Meng

doi:10.3788/AOS231568

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