Suppression of signal fluctuation in Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis system using polarization diversity scheme

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 2653-2655

  Hotate, Kazuo ^a   Abe, Koji ^a   Song, Kwang Yong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brillouin scattering; Correlation; Modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber measurements; Polarization; Strain measurement

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL CORRELATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION; PROBES; STRAIN MEASUREMENT; WAVE PROPAGATION;

BRILLOUIN GAIN; PROBE WAVES; ROOT SUM SQUARE; SIGNAL FLUCTUATION;

BRILLOUIN SCATTERING;

EID: 33845744016     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.887369     Document Type: Article

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