Improvement of Spatial Resolution for Strain Measurement with Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Reflectometer by Fitting Method Based on Equivalent Optical Pulse

Wang Feng; Zhang Xuping; Lu Yuangang; Dong Yuming

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