title: Coherent probe-pump-based Brillouin sensor for centimeter-crack detection.
abstract: We provide a theoretical explanation for a coherent probe-pump-based Brillouin sensor system that achieves centimeter spatial resolution with high-frequency resolution. It was recently discovered that, when a combination of cw and pulsed light (the probe beam) interacts with a cw laser (the pump beam), centimeter spatial resolution with high-frequency resolution can be achieved even though the probe-pulse duration is 1.5 ns [Opt. Lett. 29, 1485 (2004)]. Our study reveals that the coherent portion inside the pulse length of these two interactions caused by the same phase is responsible for this behavior. It allows us to detect 1.5-cm outer-layer cracks on an optical ground-wire cable.
authors.affiliation: Fiber Optics Group, Department of Physics, University of Ottawa, 150 Louis Pasteur, Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6N5, Canada.
authors.forename: Lufan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Xiaoyi
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bao
authors.forename: Yidun
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chen