Method for measuring volumetric changes of object

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9360304
APP PUB NO 20150219443A1
SERIAL NO

14419514

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Under a known pressure is externally applied to a reference member to which an optical fiber is fixed, test light is allowed to enter the optical fiber, and at least one of a reference Brillouin measurement for determining a reference Brillouin frequency shift amount based on the Brillouin scattering phenomenon, and a reference Rayleigh measurement for determining a reference Rayleigh frequency shift amount based on the Rayleigh scattering phenomenon is performed. A Brillouin measurement coefficient or a Rayleigh measurement coefficient is determined from these calculation results. An optical fiber is fixed to a sample member, the volumetric change of which is unknown, and the same sample Brillouin measurement or sample Rayleigh measurement is performed to determine the frequency shift amount. The volumetric change of the sample member is determined from the sample Brillouin or the sample Rayleigh frequency shift amount, and from the Brillouin or the Rayleigh measurement coefficient.

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RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY FOR THE EARTH9-2 KIZUGAWADAI KIZUGAWA-SHI KYOTO 619-0292
NEUBREX CO LTDHYOGO PREFECTURE JAPAN

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Kishida, Kinzo Hyogo, JP 30 381
Xue, Ziqiu Kyoto, JP 7 177
Yamauchi, Yoshiaki Hyogo, JP 54 506

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