Magnus Jonsson, MEMBER SPIE Halmstad University Center for Computer Systems Architecture Box 823 S-301 18 Halmstad Sweden E-mail: [email protected] Abstract. Ring networks made of fiber-ribbon point-to-point links are proposed. The first network is a control-channel based network in which one fiber in each link joins with others to form a control-channel ring. This ring improves performa...

The effect of the finite extinction ratio of an electro-optic modulator (EOM) on the Brillouin frequency measurement of a distributed Brillouin-based fiber optic sensor is studied. An EOM with a finite extinction ratio limits the application of Brillouin optical time domain analysis in a distributed Brillouin-based fiber optic sensor. This results in confusion in specifying the location of the ...

Based on the principle of blackbody radiation, sapphire optic fiber temperature sensor has been more widely used in recent years, and its temperature range is between 800 ~ 2000 oC, and the response time is in 10-2 magnitude, and transient temperature measurement can be high precision in harsh environments. Nonlinear constraints on sapphire fiber temperature sensor affect the accuracy and stabi...

The use of a LED fiber-optic sensor to measure displacement and linear thermal expansion is described. It has a sensitivity of about 0.6 mV/mm, a resolution of 1.25 mm, and a dynamic rang of 400 mm for displacement measurements. For thermal expansion, it shows a sensitivity of about 3.5 mV/C, and the experimental linear expansion values are in agreement with those calculated. The reported senso...

We report on the realization of a novel fiber-optic radio frequency (RF) transfer scheme with bidirectional division multiplexing (FDM) dissemination technique. Here, proper map used in forward and backward directions for suppressing backscattering noise ensuring symmetry RF signals within one telecommunication channel. experimentally demonstrated 0.9 GHz signal over 120 km optical link relativ...

Nonlinear microscopy through flexible fiber-optic catheters has potential in clinical diagnostic applications. Here, we demonstrate a new approach based on wavelength-swept narrowband pulses that permits simple fiber-optic delivery without need of the dispersion management and allows nonmechanical beam scanning. Using 0.86 ps pulses rapidly tuned from 789 nm to 822 nm at a sweep rate of 200 Hz,...