Abstract
We propose the principle of a high-dynamic, quasi-distributed temperature sensor based on the behavior of the 1.13- and the 1.24-μm emission lines in erbium-doped silica fibers. The ratio of fluorescent intensity of these lines presents a temperature dynamic of more than 11 dB between room temperature and 600 °C. As the lower level of these transitions is not the fundamental, the emission lines are absorption free, and no dependence of the intensity ratio of the two lines has been observed, with power and wavelength pump variations permitting the realization of self-calibrated quasi-distributed sensors.
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