Influence of polarization scrambling on Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry using plastic fibers

Neisei Hayashi; Kazunari Minakawa; Yosuke Mizuno; Kentaro Nakamura

doi:10.1117/12.2193758

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28 September 2015 Influence of polarization scrambling on Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry using plastic fibers

Neisei Hayashi, Kazunari Minakawa, Yosuke Mizuno, Kentaro Nakamura

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Proceedings Volume 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors; 96342Z (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193758
Event: International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS24), 2015, Curitiba, Brazil

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We evaluate whether the measurement stability of Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR) using plastic optical fibers (POFs) can be enhanced by polarization scrambling. Two major factors that affect the signal-to-noise ratio in BOCDR, i.e., the spatial resolution and the incident power are varied, and their influences on the distributed measurements with polarization scrambling are experimentally investigated. We thus clarify that in POF-based BOCDR, unlike BOCDR using standard silica glass fibers, polarization scrambling is effective in enhancing the measurement stability only when the spatial resolution is sufficiently low or when the incident power is sufficiently high.

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Neisei Hayashi, Kazunari Minakawa, Yosuke Mizuno, and Kentaro Nakamura "Influence of polarization scrambling on Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry using plastic fibers", Proc. SPIE 9634, 24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 96342Z (28 September 2015); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2193758

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