Measurement of stimulated-Brillouin-scattering threshold for various types of fibers using Brillouin optical-time-domain reflectometer
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Vol. 12 (6) , 672-674
- https://doi.org/10.1109/68.849080
Abstract
We have investigated the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold of various types of fibers both theoretically and experimentally by utilizing Brillouin optical-time-domain reflectometer. The measured deviations of SBS threshold of less than /spl plusmn/0.1 dB compared with the conventional method are demonstrated for standard single-mode fiber (SMF), large-effective-area dispersion-shifted fiber (LEAF), TrueWave/reduced slope fiber (TWF), and conventional dispersion-shifted fiber (DSF).Keywords
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