Influence of modulation instability on distributed optical fiber sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering
Influence of modulation instability on distributed optical fiber sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering
The performance of distributed fiber sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering is largely determined by the peak power governed by nonlinear thresholds that can be launched into the sensing fiber. Our investigations show that, in long-range (>20-km) sensors that use a standard single-mode fiber operating at 1.5 µm, modulation instability can limit the acceptable pulse power to below 100 mW. Using a nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber with negative dispersion we can avoid this problem and obtain a ninefold increase in launched power.
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Al Ahbabi, Mohammed Nasser
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Cho, Yuh Tat
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Newson, Trevor P.
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Wait, Peter C.
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Hartog, Arthur H.
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June 2004
Al Ahbabi, Mohammed Nasser
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Cho, Yuh Tat
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Newson, Trevor P.
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Wait, Peter C.
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Hartog, Arthur H.
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Al Ahbabi, Mohammed Nasser, Cho, Yuh Tat, Newson, Trevor P., Wait, Peter C. and Hartog, Arthur H.
(2004)
Influence of modulation instability on distributed optical fiber sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering.
Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 21 (6), .
(doi:10.1364/JOSAB.21.001156).
Abstract
The performance of distributed fiber sensors based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering is largely determined by the peak power governed by nonlinear thresholds that can be launched into the sensing fiber. Our investigations show that, in long-range (>20-km) sensors that use a standard single-mode fiber operating at 1.5 µm, modulation instability can limit the acceptable pulse power to below 100 mW. Using a nonzero dispersion-shifted fiber with negative dispersion we can avoid this problem and obtain a ninefold increase in launched power.
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