Effect of the finite extinction ratio of an electro-optic modulator on the performance of distributed probe-pump Brillouin sensor systems

Optics Letters

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1418-1420

  Afshar V, Shahraam ^a   Ferrier, Graham A ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Chen, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; OPTICAL PUMPING; OPTICAL SENSORS; PROBES; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE EXTINCTION;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 0041425201     PISSN: 01469592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OL.28.001418     Document Type: Article

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