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[WC2-1]Engineered Fibers for Distributed Sensing in Telecom Networks
○Paul S Westbrook1, Benyuan Zhu1, Kenneth S Feder1, Zhou Shi1, Tristan Kremp1, Yaowen Li2, Ting Wang2, David DiGiovanni1 (1OFS Labs, 2NEC Lab America)
We discuss recent advances in the use of engineered optical fibers for distributed sensing in telecom networks. Fibers with low attenuation and high back scatter can greatly increase acoustic sensing signals.