• DocumentCode
    2161173
  • Title

    Sweep-free distributed Brillouin sensing using multiple pump and probe tones

  • Author

    Voskoboinik, Asher ; Yilmaz, Omer F. ; Willner, Alan E. ; Tur, Moshe

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng.-Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    18-22 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Using multiple pump and probe tones, a frequency-sweep-free method for distributed Brillouin sensing, is proposed, having the potential for fast dynamic strain measurements. Experimentally, a spatial resolution on the order of 1-meter is demonstrated.
  • Keywords
    distributed sensors; optical pumping; strain measurement; distributed Brillouin sensing; dynamic strain measurements; frequency-sweep-free method; multiple pump; probe tones; spatial resolution; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber sensors; Probes; Scattering;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
  • Conference_Location
    Geneva
  • ISSN
    Pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1918-9
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6066049