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EPFL2017

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Self-referencing turns pulsed laser systems into self-referenced frequency combs. Such frequency combs allow counting of optical frequencies and have a wide range of applications. The required optical bandwidth to implement self-referencing is typically ob ...

2017

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Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Zhiyong Zhao

In this paper we demonstrate distributed shape sensing based on stimulated Brillouin scattering in a multi-core fiber (MCF). Brillouin optical time-domain analysis with differential pulse-width pairs is implemented to measure the local tangential strain-in ...

Ieee2017

Unidirectional isolator-free 2 micron fiber lasers

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This thesis presents results of a research on unidirectional isolator-free cavity lasers, exploiting thulium-doped fiber (TDF) as amplification medium and operating in \unit[2]{\mu m} wavelength range. For fibre ring resonator, an optical isolator should b ...

EPFL2017

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Camille Sophie Brès, Davide Grassani, Jianqi Hu, Svyatoslav Kharitonov, Sida Xing

We demonstrate mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in an all-normal dispersion Chalcogenide PCF pumped by fiber laser. The -20dB bandwidth is 1.7~2.7μm dominated by self-phase modulation and optical wave breaking. Tapering is proposed to improve perform ...

OSA2017

Impact of modulation instability on distributed optical fiber sensors

Mohammad Mehdi Alem Karladani

Modulation instability (MI) as the main limit to the sensing distance of distributed fiber sensors is thoroughly investigated in this thesis in order to obtain a model for predicting its characteristics and alleviating its effects. Starting from Maxwell's ...

EPFL2016

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A theoretical and experimental study on the response of Brillouin scattering in multi-core optical fibers (MCF) under different curving conditions is presented. Results demonstrate that the Brillouin frequency shift of the off-center cores in MCF is highly ...

Optical Society of America2016

Going beyond 1000000 resolved points in a Brillouin distributed fiber sensor: theoretical analysis and experimental demonstration

Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Andrey Denisov

Distributed fiber sensing possesses the unique ability to measure the distributed profile of an environmental quantity along many tens of kilometers with spatial resolutions in the meter or even centimeter scale. This feature enables distributed sensors to ...

Chinese Acad Sciences, Changchun Inst Optics Fine Mechanics And Physics2016

Kerr nonlinearity and dispersion characterization of core-pumped thulium-doped fiber at 2 μm

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A nonlinear coefficient of 3.6–4.1 W−1 km−1 and group velocity dispersion of −20 ps2∕km of a commercial corepumped thulium-doped fiber have been evaluated using degenerate four-wave mixing at 2 μm. The anomalous dispersion behavior of the fiber has been co ...

Optical Society of America2016

Curvature and shape distributed sensing using Brillouin scattering in multi-core fibers

Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Zhiyong Zhao

Distributed curvature and shape sensing using Brillouin scattering in multi-core fiber (MCF) is presented for the first time to the best of our knowledge, by exploiting bend-dependent Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) in off-center cores. ...

Optical Society of America2016

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