Title :
All-fiber widely-tunable transmitter for remote sensing in short-wave infrared band
Author :
Moro, Slaven ; Alic, Nikola ; Usechak, Nicholas G. ; Radic, Stojan
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California - San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Abstract :
An all-fiber, tunable, short-wave infrared transmitter is demonstrated using efficient four-wave mixing in conventional L and O telecom bands. The source was subsequently used to detect trace levels of carbon dioxide in 2051-nm spectral region.
Keywords :
carbon compounds; infrared detectors; multiwave mixing; optical fibre dispersion; optical transmitters; optical tuning; remote sensing by laser beam; CO2; L telecom bands; O telecom bands; all-fiber widely-tunable transmitter; carbon dioxide detection; four-wave mixing; remote sensing; short-wave infrared band; trace level detection; wavelength 2051 nm; Absorption; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters;
Conference_Titel :
Avionics, Fiber- Optics and Photonics Technology Conference (AVFOP), 2011 IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7344-1
DOI :
10.1109/AVFOP.2011.6082145
