Title :
Experimental observation of Brillouin linewidth broadening and decay time in photonic crystal fiber
Author :
Beugnot, J.-C. ; Stiller, B. ; Mafang, S. Foaleng ; Lee, M.W. ; Delque, M. ; Kudlinski, A. ; Maillotte, H. ; Laude, V. ; Thevenaz, L. ; Sylvestre, T.
Author_Institution :
Group for Fiber Opt., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We present a novel distributed sensing technique that makes possible the observation of Brillouin gain spectral distribution and acoustic decay time in photonic crystal fiber as well as in standard single-mode fiber.
Keywords :
holey fibres; photonic crystals; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Brillouin gain spectral distribution; Brillouin linewidth broadening; acoustic decay; distributed sensing technique; photonic crystal fiber; single-mode fiber; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Acoustic measurements; Acoustics; Gain measurement; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Scattering; Spatial resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621592
