Frequency modulation via the Doppler effect in optical fibers

Optics Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 451-453

  Oberson, P ^a   Huttner, B ^a   Gisin, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPPLER EFFECT; FREQUENCY SHIFT KEYING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FREQUENCY EXCURSION;

FIBER OPTICS;

EID: 0032613602     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.24.000451     Document Type: Article

References (9)

1. B. Culshaw and J. Dakin, eds., Optical Fiber Sensors (Artech House, Norwood, Mass., 1996), Vol. 3.
2. W. Eikhoff and R. Ulrich, Appl. Phys. Lett. 9, 693 (1991).
3. L. Rovati, U. Minoni, and F. Docchio, Opt. Lett. 22, 850 (1997).
4. J. P. von der Weid, R. Passy, G. Mussi, and N. Gisin, J. Lightwave Technol. 15, 1131 (1997).
5. K. Tsuji, K. Shimizu, T. Horiguchi, and Y. Koyamada, IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 7, 804 (1995).
6. M. Martinelli, M. J. Marrone, and M. A. David, J. Mod. Opt. 39, 451 (1992).
7. D. E. N. Davies and S. Kingsley, Electron. Lett. 10, 21 (1974).
8. Fourier × T ≈ 1. The time-domain approach of Eq. (2) is valid only when the frequency shift is much larger than this uncertainty, which in turn requires that A ≫ 1.
9. This quality factor a depends on the coupling ratios of the couplers and on the polarization properties of the interferometer.