Brillouin Scattering in Polymer Optical Fibers: Fundamental Properties and Potential Use in Sensors

We review the fundamental properties of Brillouin scattering in a perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber (PFGI-POF) with 120 μm core diameter. The experiments were performed at 1.55 μm telecommunication wavelength. The Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) and the Brillouin bandwidth were 2.83...

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Main Authors: Yosuke Mizuno, Kentaro Nakamura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-05-01
Series:Polymers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/3/2/886/