Title :
Self-referenced method to measure Brillouin gain coefficient in optical fibers
Author :
Lanticq, Vincent ; Jiang, Shifeng ; Gabet, Renaud ; Jaouën, Yves ; Delépine-Lesoille, Sylvie ; Hénault, Jean-Marie
Author_Institution :
EDF R&D, Chatou
Abstract :
This paper presents a simple, original, self-referenced single-end method to measure accurately Brillouin Gain coefficient in optical fibers. Measurements performed on Corning SMF28 optical fiber confirmed theoretical description.
Keywords :
optical fibres; Brillouin gain coefficient; Corning SMF28 optical fiber; self-referenced method; self-referenced single-end method; Acoustic signal detection; Brillouin scattering; Frequency; Gain measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729204
