• DocumentCode
    1822760
  • Title

    Fiber beat length estimates via polarization measurements of stimulated Brillouin scattering amplified signals

  • Author

    Zadok, Avi ; Zilka, Elad ; Eyal, Avishay ; Thévenaz, Luc ; Tur, Moshe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    22-26 March 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Simple, continuous wave based beat length measurement technique is proposed, using statistics of the states of polarization of stimulated Brillouin scattering amplified signals. Polarization statistics are studied analytically, numerically and experimentally.
  • Keywords
    Raman spectra; length measurement; optical fibre polarisation; continuous wave based beat length measurement; fiber beat length; polarization measurements; polarization states; stimulated Brillouin scattering amplified signals; Birefringence; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Length measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Statistical analysis; Stimulated emission; (060.2300) Fiber measurements; (120.5410) Polarimetry; (290.5900) Scattering, stimulated Brillouin;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2606-5
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-865-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5032571