A Brief Review of Specialty Optical Fibers for Brillouin-Scattering-Based Distributed Sensors
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. The Waveguide
3. The Material
4. Fiber Configurations
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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GeO2 | P2O5 | TiO2 | B2O3 | F | Al2O3 | Y2O3 | RE2O3 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
no | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ |
na | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↓ | ↓ | ↑ |
Dopant | Δn (%/wt%) | ΔVS (%/wt%) | ΔVL (%/wt%) |
---|---|---|---|
GeO2 | +0.056 | −0.49 | −0.47 |
P2O5 | +0.020 | −0.41 | −0.31 |
F | −0.31 | −3.1 | −3.6 |
TiO2 | +0.23 | −0.45 | −0.59 |
Al2O3 | +0.063 | +0.21 | +0.42 |
B2O3 | −0.033 | −1.18 | −1.23 |
n | VL (m/s) | ρ (kg/m3) | p12 | ΔνB (MHz @ 11 GHz) | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SiO2 | 1.444 | 5970 | 2204 | 0.252 | 17.0 |
P2O5 | 1.488 | 3936 | 2390 | 0.226 | 176.8 |
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Dragic, P.; Ballato, J. A Brief Review of Specialty Optical Fibers for Brillouin-Scattering-Based Distributed Sensors. Appl. Sci. 2018, 8, 1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101996
Dragic P, Ballato J. A Brief Review of Specialty Optical Fibers for Brillouin-Scattering-Based Distributed Sensors. Applied Sciences. 2018; 8(10):1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101996
Chicago/Turabian StyleDragic, Peter, and John Ballato. 2018. "A Brief Review of Specialty Optical Fibers for Brillouin-Scattering-Based Distributed Sensors" Applied Sciences 8, no. 10: 1996. https://doi.org/10.3390/app8101996