• DocumentCode
    2233229
  • Title

    Fiber DFB laser bend sensor with RF signal interrogation

  • Author

    Abedin, Kazi S. ; Porque, Jerome ; Nicholson, Jeffrey W. ; Westbrook, Paul S.

  • Author_Institution
    OFS Labs., Somerset, NJ, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We report on the properties of a dual-polarization distributed feedback fiber laser as the fiber cavity is bent. We show that the RF polarization beat note can sense fiber bend and temperature.
  • Keywords
    distributed feedback lasers; fibre lasers; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre polarisation; RF polarization beat note; RF signal interrogation; bend sensor; dual-polarization distributed feedback fiber laser; fiber temperature; Distributed feedback devices; Fiber lasers; Measurement by laser beam; Optical fiber polarization; Optical fiber sensors; Radio frequency; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5950355