Analysis on the influence of intrinsic thermal stress on Brillouin gain spectra in optical fibers

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6371, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Zou, Weiwen ^a   He, Zuyuan ^a   Hotate, Kazuo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic waveguides; Brillouin scattering; Finite element method; Optical fiber measurement; Polarization maintaining fiber; Thermal stress

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC WAVE VELOCITY MEASUREMENT; BRILLOUIN SCATTERING; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; OPTICAL FIBERS; POLARIZATION;

ACOUSTIC WAVEGUIDES; BRILLOUIN GAIN SPECTRA (BGS); OPTICAL FIBER MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION MAINTAINING FIBERS;

THERMAL STRESS;

EID: 33846194627     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.685888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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