Criterion for subpulse-length resolution and minimum frequency shift in distributed Brillouin sensors

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1504-1506

  Ravet, Fabien ^a   Bao, Xiaoyi ^a   Yu, Qinrong ^a   Chen, Liang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Distributed Brillouin sensor; Measurement accuracy; Spatial resolution

Indexed keywords

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; ERROR ANALYSIS; INTEGRAL EQUATIONS; INTERPOLATION; LASER PULSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; STRESSES;

DISTRIBUTED BRILLOUIN SENSOR; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; RAYLEIGH EQUIVALENT CRITERION; SPATIAL RESOLUTION;

OPTICAL SENSORS;

EID: 23844542779     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2005.849246     Document Type: Article

References (7)

1. M. Niklès, L. Thévenaz, and P. A. Robert, "Brillouin gain spectrum characterization in single-mode optical fibers," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 15, no. 10, pp. 1842-1851, Oct. 1997.
2. X. Bao, J. Dhliwayo, N. Heron, D. J. Webb, and D. A. Jackson, "Experimental and theoretical studies on a distributed temperature sensor based on Brillouin scattering," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1340-1348, Jul. 1995.
3. T. Horiguchi, K. Shimizu, T. Kurashima, M. Tateda, and Y. Koyamada, "Development of a distributed sensing technique using Brillouin scattering," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 13, no. 7, pp. 1296-1302, Jul. 1995.
4. G. P. Agrawal, Non Linear Fiber Optics. New York: Academic, 1995, ch. 9.
5. A. Brown, M. D. DeMerchant, X. Bao, and W. Bremner, "Spatial resolution enhancement of a Brillouin-distributed sensor using a novel signal processing method," J. Lightw. Technol., vol. 17, no. 7, pp. 1179-1183 Jul. 1999.
6. M. Bom and E. Wolf, Principles of Optics. London, U.K.: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1999, ch. 7.
7. L. Zou, X. Bao, and L. Chen, "Brillouin scattering spectrum in photonic crystal fiber with a partially germanium-doped core," Opt. Lett., vol. 28, no. 21, pp. 2022-2024, Nov. 2003.