OPTICAL HETERODYNE CARRIER GENERATION USING STIMULATED BRILLOUIN-SCATTERING IN BIREFRINGENT OPTICAL FIBER

被引:5
作者
DUFFY, CJ [1 ]
TATAM, RP [1 ]
机构
[1] CRANFIELD INST TECHNOL,SCH MECH ENGN,OPT SENSORS GRP,CRANFIELD MK43 0AL,BEDS,ENGLAND
关键词
OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SENSORS; NONLINEAR OPTICS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19911241
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An optical technique for producing a heterodyne carrier frequency suitable for electronic signal processing schemes in sensing applications is described. The technique exploits stimulated Brillouin scattering generated in birefrigent optical fibre. A single fibre system is reported which produces a 10.6 MHz output carrier signal, modulated by optical chaos induced instabilities. The implications of the results for future signal processing and sensing schemes based on stimulated Brillouin scattering are then discussed.
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页码:2004 / 2006
页数:3
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