Introduction to Fiber Optic Distributed Sensing for Environmental Applications

Lecturer:  Matthew Becker, Ph.D., California State University Long Beach

Timetable: 10, 11 and 13 June 2024, Room 1H (DICAM).

Schedule: you can find a detailed schedule in the course description in attachment.

Description:
The advancement of fiber optic distributed sensing over the past two decades has enabled the measurement of environmental system dynamics at unprecedented temporal and spatial detail. Fiber optic distributed sensing systems operate by firing laser light down a fiber optic cable and using backscattered photons to measure temperature, vibration, or strain. Kilometers of measurements can be made at scales as small as a centimeter and at sampling intervals of less than a millisecond. This course will introduce students to this technology and provide experience with the computational methods necessary to analyze and interpret results. Students will need to have a basic familiarity with Matlab.

Duration: 12 hours (1,5 credit).

Registration: in order to register to the course, please send an email to dicamphd [at] unitn.it