Title :
Stabilisation of Stokes oscillation in Brillouin ring amplification system for strain measurement
Author :
Ogawa, O. ; Kato, T.
Author_Institution :
Comput. & Commun. R&D Center, Tokyo Electr. Power Co. Inc., Japan
fDate :
2/4/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
To stabilise Stokes oscillations in a Brillouin ring amplification system for strain measurement, a synchronisation scheme is proposed that automatically makes both the periods of pump pulse and the optical time gate equal to the light propagation time of the fibre ring
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; optical cables; optical fibre testing; strain measurement; synchronisation; Brillouin ring amplification system; Stokes oscillation; fibre ring; light propagation time; optical fibre cables; optical time gate; pump pulse; strain measurement; synchronisation scheme;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19990180
