Bidirectional Brillouin/erbium fiber ring laser and its application to current sensing

Author

Stepanov, D.Yu. ; Bassett, I.M. ; Cowle, Gregory J

Author_Institution

Australian Photon. Cooperative Res. Centre, Eveleigh, NSW, Australia

fYear

1998

fDate

3-8 May 1998

Firstpage

312

Abstract

Summary form only given. We have developed a novel single elliptical polarization bidirectional version of the Brillouin/erbium fiber laser using polarizing spun Hi Bi fiber and the polarization properties of the stimulated Brillouin scattering. The laser offers the advantages of an all-fiber device and does not need a critically coupled cavity and associated electronic feedback to track the laser cavity resonance. We have demonstrated the application of the BEFL to current sensing.

Keywords

electric current measurement; erbium; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; measurement by laser beam; optical fibre polarisation; ring lasers; stimulated Brillouin scattering; BEFL; all-fiber device; bidirectional Brillouin/erbium fiber ring laser; current sensor; elliptical polarization; laser cavity resonance; polarizing spun Hi Bi fiber; stimulated Brillouin scattering; Bismuth; Brillouin scattering; Erbium; Erbium-doped fiber lasers; Laser applications; Laser feedback; Optical coupling; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber polarization; Ring lasers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 1998. CLEO 98. Technical Digest. Summaries of papers presented at the Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-339-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEO.1998.676212

Filename

676212