Analytical investigation of the Brillouin interaction between multiple pulsed pump tones and probe waves

Asher Voskoboinik, Alan E. Willner, Moshe Tur

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Abstract

We analytically investigate the case of the Brillouin interaction between probe waves propagating against two modulated pump waves. This investigation is motivated by the sweep-free BOTDA technique, where, to increase the BOTDR sensing speed, the Brillouin gain spectrum is simultaneously interrogated by many probe-pump pairs. It is shown both analytically and experimentally that the Brillouin interaction between a probe and its corresponding pump is negligibly affected by a neighboring pump only when the pump tones separation is much larger than the width of the Brillouin gain spectrum.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFifth European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event5th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, EWOFS 2013 - Krakow, Poland
Duration: 19 May 201322 May 2013

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume8794
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference5th European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors, EWOFS 2013
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityKrakow
Period19/05/1322/05/13

Keywords

  • Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS)
  • Brillouin sensors
  • Frequency domain multiplexing (FDM)
  • Optical fiber sensors
  • Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS)

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