Title :
Measurement of distributed modal birefringence in a few-mode fiber based on Brillouin dynamic grating
Author :
An Li ; Shieh, William
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We report efficient generation and measurement of Brillouin dynamic grating in a few-mode fiber (FMF). By using a three-wave pump-probe setup combined with heterodyne coherent detection, distributed modal birefringence in a FMF has been characterized.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; birefringence; diffraction gratings; heterodyne detection; optical fibre testing; optical pumping; Brillouin dynamic grating; distributed modal birefringence; few-mode fiber; heterodyne coherent detection; three-wave pump-probe setup; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical reflection; Probes; Scattering;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.W3D.4
