Extension of measurement range in Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis by pump-probe switching

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel method for the extension of the measurement range in Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis by switching the pump and probe waves for selectively inducing the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in the sensing fiber. In this scheme, two correlation peaks are located in the sensing fiber and SBS is alternatively induced at each position by pump/probe selective switching and optical attenuation. In the experiment, twice enlargement of measurement range is successfully achieved with 146-m fiber with a 10-cm spatial resolution.     

Effect of Brillouin slow light on distributed Brillouin fiber sensors

The effect of Brillouin slow light on distributed Brillouin fiber sensors (DBFSs) is studied. We demonstrate Brillouin slow light for a 1.2 ns pulse with peak powers (PS) from 3.3 to 56.2 mW on depletion of the pump power (PP) ranging from 1.3 to 83.2 mW in conventional optical fibers (SMF-28). Experiments show that, when pump power depletion is not negligible, for a given PP the Brillouin gain and delay time of a pulse decrease when PS increases in a long (> or =10 km) sensing fiber. The optimum pump beam depletion resulting from strong interaction of the pump and the probe in the fiber provides accurate temperature and strain information at a high spatial resolution. Our study reveals that at low PP the spatial resolution error caused by the pulse delay for a DBFS with centimeter spatial resolution is less than 5% of the pulse length.     

A tunable optical delayer based on SBS slow light of ring configuration

A hybrid optical fiber delayer based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) slow light is proposed for dual-channel systems. It features two rings as delay lines, where one is an active ring with a Brillouin amplifier and the other is a passive ring. It combines SBS slow light delay with linear transmission delay, which extends the delay range in a great amount. A maximum SBS slow light delay of 468?ns and the capability for tunable delay of over 10???s for pulses of nanoseconds are demonstrated.     

高非线性微结构光纤中基于受激布里渊散射的慢光延迟

全光连续可调的慢光技术在全光网络和光信息处理等领域具有重要的应用前景. 利用自行设计并拉制的高非线性微结构光纤, 实验研究了基于受激布里渊散射的可调谐慢光延迟. 采用单抽运光和单级延迟方案, 当抽运光功率为162.6 mW时, 在长度为120 m的高非线性微结构光纤中获得了最大76 ns的延迟量, 相当于0.76个脉冲宽度. 通过调节抽运光功率的大小, 可以实现对慢光延迟量的可调谐.该慢光延迟方案具有延迟量大、 全光可调谐及与现有光通信系统兼容等优势. 关键词： 慢光 微结构光纤 受激布里渊散射     

光纤中双宽带抽运SBS慢光及其脉冲展宽减小的理论研究

提出了一种单模光纤中采用双宽带抽运实现宽带受激布罩渊散射(SBS)慢光的方法.给出了双宽带抽运的SBS慢光及其脉冲展宽的理论模型.色散分析发现,两抽运光间存在一个最佳的频率间隔,可有效地减少由于群速度色散所引起的脉冲展宽.理论计算表明,该方案所获得的SBS增益带宽和信号脉冲群延迟分别提高到了相同条件下单宽带抽运的1.7倍和2倍.     

基于光纤中SBS相位共轭的自调Q光纤激光器

分析了利用光纤中的受激布里渊散射(stimulated Brillouin scattering,SBS)相位共轭效应进行激光腔内调Q,产生ns量级脉冲激光的原理,并对利用该效应产生的激光脉冲波形和脉冲形成过程进行了数值模拟,得到的脉冲波形与SBS相位共轭反射率随时间变化曲线基本一致,表明利用光纤中的SBS相位共轭作用调Q具有可行性.据此,对采用单模光纤(single-mode fiber,SMF)作为SBS池的Er³⁺掺杂调Q光纤激光器进行实验研究.当单模光纤长度为1.5 m时,在45 mW的光抽运功率下得到脉宽约2.6ns,脉冲周期58.23ns,平均功率7.35mW的激光脉冲.进一步的研究表明:激光器中相位共轭镜的形成与SBS介质长度有关,SBS介质过长,斯托克斯线之间无固定的相位关系,不能形成相干叠加,SBS相位共轭腔不能形成;SBS介质过短,腔内正交偏振模光子寿命的改变使脉冲出现双峰现象.脉冲形成后其属性只与SBS动态属性有关.     

基于双向拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统

报道了一种基于双向拉曼放大的布里渊光时域分析系统(Brillouin optical time domain analyzer,BOTDA).利用双向拉曼抽运对信号光进行拉曼放大以补偿光纤损耗及布里渊抽运波的消耗,从而使光纤后端的测量分辨率得到改善,测量分辨率在整段传感光纤趋于一致,同时避免了调制不稳定性引起的频谱扩展,克服了传统BOTDA存在的信号强度指数下降的弊端,使传感精度得到进一步提高.实验实现了50 km传感距离, 温度分辨率达0.6 ℃,空间分辨率为50 m.实验测量并分析了基于双向拉曼放大的BOTDA信噪比和光功率分布特性. 关键词： 分布式光纤传感 受激拉曼放大 布里渊增益 布里渊光时域分析     

Raman-based distributed temperature sensor with 1 m spatial resolution over 26 km SMF using low-repetition-rate cyclic pulse coding

We experimentally investigate the benefits of a new optical pulse coding technique for long-range, meter and submeter scale Raman-based distributed temperature sensing on standard single-mode optical fibers. The proposed scheme combines a low-repetition-rate quasi-periodic pulse coding technique with the use of standard high-power fiber lasers operating at 1550 nm, allowing for what we believe is the first long-range distributed temperature measurement over single-mode fibers (SMFs). We have achieved 1 m spatial resolution over 26 km of SMF, attaining 3°C temperature resolution within 30 s measurement time.     

矩形谱宽带光抽运的布里渊慢光中脉冲失真的分析

在小信号增益条件下推导出了高斯光脉冲经过矩形谱宽带光抽运的布里渊慢光系统后输出脉冲时域振幅包络的近似解析表达式,适用于抽运光频谱具有陡峭上升(下降)沿和平坦顶部的情况.定量分析和比较了光纤色散以及受激布里渊散射增益不均衡和增益所致色散效应对延迟信号光脉冲失真的影响.计算结果表明:当信号光脉冲的频谱处于布里渊有效增益谱内时,解析解与数值解符合,布里渊增益所致三阶色散效应是导致延迟信号光脉冲失真的主要物理因素,制约了窄脉冲延迟量的提高.     

Observation of stimulated Brillouin scattering in polymer optical fiber with pump-probe technique

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in a perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber (POF) with 120 μm core diameter was experimentally observed for the first time, to the best of our knowledge, at 1.55 μm wavelength with the pump-probe technique. Compared to spontaneous Brillouin scattering previously reported, the Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS) was detected with an extremely high signal-to-noise ratio, even with a short POF (1 m) and scrambled polarization state. We also investigated the BGS dependences on probe power and temperature, which indicate that SBS in a POF measured with this technique can be utilized to develop high-accuracy temperature sensing systems.     

Means for easy and accurate measurement of the stimulated Brillouin scattering gain coefficient in optical fiber

We propose and investigate an accurate method for the experimental measurement of the stimulated Brillouin scattering gain coefficient in optical fiber. The gain is extracted from measuring the transmitted pump power at the threshold of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) laser oscillation in a Fabry-Perot cavity formed by Fresnel reflection at the fiber ends. The method is free from a range of uncertainties and difficulties of commonly used approaches and is easy to implement. Experimental evidence of the variation of the SBS gain coefficient with numerical aperture of the fiber, first predicted in [Phys. Rev. Lett. 85, 1879 (2000)], is proven.     

Slow-light delay enhancement in small-core pure silica photonic crystal fiber based on Brillouin scattering

We demonstrate that we realize large-delay slow light based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in a short length of our fabricated small-core photonic crystal fiber (PCF). The cavity effect from the partially reflective splices in the end of the PCF enhances slow-light delay significantly. Our experiments show that large slow-light delay can be easily realized in a very short length of the PCF with a moderate pump power. Up to a one-half pulse-width delay is achieved in only 50 m of PCF in a single pump segment.     

Distributed fiber temperature sensor using a laser diode modulated by a pseudo-random bit sequence

We propose and demonstrate a scheme to measure the distribution of temperature along an optical fiber based on pseudo-random sequence modulation. In our experimental work, current modulation with a pseudo-random bit sequence(PRBS) is applied to a laser diode that serves as the Brillouin pump light and reference light. Because of the independence of the spatial resolution on the PRBS length, the measurement range can be extended while maintaining high spatial resolution using a long PRBS length. Temperature-induced changes in a Brillouin frequency shift of 250 m fiber sections are clearly observed with 54 cm spatial resolution by this method.     

High-efficiency hybrid brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser

A high-efficiency hybrid Brillouin/ytterbium fiber laser (BYFL) is demonstrated using a 41.5-cm-longhighly ytterbium-doped fiber and a 10-m-long single-mode optical fiber. The BYFL operates at 1 052.92nm, and the difference between it and the Brillouin pump (BP) wavelength matches the expected stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) Stokes shift. Its output power reaches 70.1 mW, which is more than seven times higher than the seeded BP power. The BYFL has an optical signal-to-noise ratio that is greater than 65 dB and has many potential applications, such as in controllable optical delay lines, sensing, and RF photonics.     

光纤中基于双宽带抽运的受激布里渊散射增益谱展宽及慢光传输中脉冲失真减小的理论研究

分析了单模光纤中双宽带抽运的受激布里渊散射 （stimulated Brillouin scattering,SBS） 光速减慢效应.模拟了两高斯型宽带抽运光同时作用下的SBS增益谱和损耗谱,提出了一种获得均匀增益谱的方法.由于较强抽运光增益谱的中心频率与较弱抽运光损耗谱的中心频率相重合,通过调节较弱抽运光的功率和谱宽,能够部分地抵消掉较强增益谱的顶部从而构建出平坦的增益谱.研究了该平顶增益情形下信号脉冲畸变的性质.与单宽带抽运下脉冲畸变的对比表明,这种产生平顶增益谱的方法能有效地减小脉冲畸变. 关键词： 慢光 受激布里渊散射（SBS） 单模光纤 脉冲失真     

基于微波电光调制的布里渊光时域分析传感器

针对布里渊光时域分析分布式传感原理和受激布里渊散射的特点,应用微波电光调制分布反馈式半导体激光器产生频移可调的探测光,和传感光纤中相反方向传输的脉冲激励光进行受激布里渊散射作用,当探测光和激励光的频率差在布里渊频移附近时,频移探测光和激励光产生受激布里渊散射,通过改变探测光的频移值,检测探测光功率信号,可得到沿光纤各处的布里渊频移,再利用布里渊频移和应变（或温度）的关系,计算得到沿光纤分布的传感量。设计了基于微波电光调制的布里渊光时域分析传感器实验系统,实现了25km的分布式温度传感,达到5m的空间分辨力和3℃的温度分辨力。     

Slow and fast light based on SBS with the spectrum tailoring

In this paper, slow and fast light of a signal pulse of nanosecond duration are achieved in the same experimental device by using band-pass filters to tailor the spectra of spontaneous Brillouin scattering (SPBS) coming from 50 km single-mode optical fibers (SMF) as the pump light. The phase matching condition of slow and fast light is satisfied by changing wavelengths of band-pass filters .In our experiment, we obtain the tunable delay time for various signal pulses range from 1 ns to 20 ns. By increasing the power of the pump field to 16 mW, a 1 ns signal pulse is delayed 1.5 ns and is advanced 1.0 ns respectively, while the signal pulse almost has no distortion. The experiment has demonstrated that larger relative pulse delay of slow and fast light can be obtained in the same experimental setup when pump power is lower.     

Measurement of intrinsic Brillouin linewidth of fibers based on stimulated Brillouin scattering slow light

Intrinsic Brillouin linewidth is one of the essential parameters to optimize the gain spectrum of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS). A novel method for the measurement of the intrinsic Brillouin line-width based on SBS slow light is proposed and demonstrated. In this method, an implicit model based on the transient SBS theory is developed, and a data processing method is designed to obtain the value of the intrinsic Brillouin linewidth from the model. The measured results show that the method is effective for studying SBS slow light.     

拉曼放大布里渊光时域分析系统非局域效应

应用包含探测光、布里渊泵浦光及拉曼泵浦光相互作用理论模型,数值分析了基于拉曼放大的长距离布里渊光时域分析仪非局域化特性。结果表明:非局域化随探测光及拉曼泵浦功率增加而恶化;通过频分复用(将具有不同布里渊频移的光纤拼接)及时分复用技术(同时对布里渊泵浦及探测光进行脉冲调制),可有效缩短布里渊泵浦与探测光的作用距离,达到较理想的抑制非局域效应结果。     

Performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer with erbium doped fiber amplifier

The performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry (BOTDR) affected by different pump power and direction of erbium doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) is experimentally demonstrated. A temperature error of 0.5 °C and spatial resolution of 10 m is obtained over 80 km sensing fiber with EDFA. The temperature resolution and dynamic range of BOTDR with backward pumped EDFA is better than forward pumped EDFA. Within the range of pump power, the resolution of BOTDR can be improved by increasing pump power.