Title :
A Brillouin gain based fast light fiber laser sensor
Author :
Scheuer, Jacob ; Liu, Xue ; Shahriar, M.S.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Tel-Aviv Univ., Ramat-Aviv, Israel
Abstract :
We present a novel Brillouin fiber laser based "fast-light" super-sensor. Sensitivity enhancement of more than two orders of magnitude compared to conventional laser sensors can be attained by proper design of the laser parameters.
Keywords :
fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; optical design techniques; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin fiber laser; Brillouin gain; fast light fiber laser sensor; fast-light super-sensor; laser parameters; sensitivity enhancement; Cavity resonators; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber sensors; Resonant frequency; Scattering; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
