Title :
Distributed fiber strain sensor using stimulated Brillouin scattering based slow light
Author :
Wang, Liang ; Shu, Chester
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a distributed strain sensing scheme using stimulated Brillouin scattering based slow light in an optical fiber. A measurement sensitivity of 0.056 ns/με and a spatial resolution of 15 m are obtained.
Keywords :
distributed sensors; fibre optic sensors; slow light; stimulated Brillouin scattering; strain sensors; distributed fiber strain sensor; optical fiber; slow light; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Delay; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Scattering; Strain;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Arlington, VA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8940-4
DOI :
10.1109/PHO.2011.6110864
