Title :
Polarization chaos distributed sensing with a semiconductor fiber ring laser
Author :
Fang, Nian ; Shan, Chao ; Wang, Lutang ; Huang, Zhaoming
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Shanghai Univ., Shanghai, China
Abstract :
Polarization chaos distributed sensing with a semiconductor fiber ring laser by the sensitivity to initial conductions of chaotic systems is proposed. Stress, vibration and deformation can be effectively detected by temporal waveforms and power spectrums.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; measurement by laser beam; optical chaos; optical fibre polarisation; semiconductor lasers; stress measurement; vibration measurement; deformation detection; polarization chaos distributed sensing; power spectrum; semiconductor fiber ring laser; stress detection; temporal waveform; vibration detection; Azimuth; Birefringence; Chaos; Chaotic communication; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Ring lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Distributed fiber sensing; Fiber birefringence; Fiber ring laser; Polarization chaos;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292711
