Mapping Dispersion Fluctuations along Optical Fibers Using Brillouin Probing and a Fast Analytic Calculation

Alishahi, FatemehVedadi, ArmandDenisov, AndreySoto, Marcelo A.Mehrany, KhashayarBrès, Camille SophieThévenaz, Luc2013-04-112013-04-112013-04-11201310.1364/CLEO_SI.2013.CF1E.5https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/91426A simple analytic formula is derived to extract tiny dispersion fluctuations along highly nonlinear fibers from distributed measurements of parametric gain. A refined BOTDA scheme, suitable to track Kerr processes, enables low noise measurements.Mapping Dispersion Fluctuations along Optical Fibers Using Brillouin Probing and a Fast Analytic Calculationtext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper