title: Effect of the finite extinction ratio of an electro-optic modulator on the performance of distributed probe-pump Brillouin sensor systems.
abstract: 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 strained region and in error in detecting the Brillouin frequency and hence in strain and temperature measurement.
authors.affiliation: Fiber Optics Group, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada. safshar@uottawa.ca
authors.forename: Shahraam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Afshar
authors.forename: Graham A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Ferrier
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen