• DocumentCode
    2008401
  • Title

    Brillouin scattering in optical fibers for high resolution wavelength and line width measurements

  • Author

    Lauterbach, K.-U. ; Schneider, Th

  • Author_Institution
    Deutsche Telekom AG, Leipzig
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We present a simple method for measuring the wavelength and line width of optical sources with a resolution in the femtometer range. This method is based on the small bandwidth of Brillouin scattering
  • Keywords
    Brillouin spectra; light sources; optical fibres; optical variables measurement; spectral line breadth; Brillouin scattering; femtometer range resolution; high resolution measurements; line width measurements; optical fibers; optical sources; wavelength measurements; Bandwidth; Brillouin scattering; Fiber nonlinear optics; Frequency; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Ultrafast optics; Wavelength measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215495
  • Filename
    1636526