Mapping the Uniformity of Optical Microwires Using Phase-Correlation Brillouin Distributed Measurements

Desmond M. Chow (1) , Joël Cabrel Tchahame (2) , Andrey Denisov (1) , Jean-Charles Beugnot (2) , Thibaut Sylvestre (2) , Lizhu Li (3) , Raja Ahmad (3) , Martin Rochette (3) , Kenny Hey Tow (1) , Marcelo A. Soto (1) , Luc Thévenaz (1)

1 EPFL - Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2 FEMTO-ST - Franche-Comté Électronique Mécanique, Thermique et Optique - Sciences et Technologies (UMR 6174)
3 McGill University = Université McGill [Montréal, Canada]

The distributed Brillouin gain profile of an ultrathin optical microwire made of chalcogenide-glass is characterized using a phase-modulated correlation-domain measurement technique. Method resolves variations of uniformity below 5% along a 13 cm-long microwire.

Mots clés: Scattering; stimulated Brillouin; Fiber characterization

Domaines: Optique / photonique

Desmond M. Chow, Joël Cabrel Tchahame, Andrey Denisov, Jean-Charles Beugnot, Thibaut Sylvestre, et al.. Mapping the Uniformity of Optical Microwires Using Phase-Correlation Brillouin Distributed Measurements. Frontiers in Optics, Oct 2015, San Jose, United States. ⟨10.1364/FIO.2015.FW4F.4⟩. ⟨hal-01198799⟩