Brillouin induced self-heterodyne technique for narrow line width measurement

doi:10.1364/OE.18.015201

Brillouin induced self-heterodyne technique for narrow line width measurement

P. Sevillano, J. Subías, C. Heras, J. Pelayo, and F. Villuendas »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 18, Issue 14, pp. 15201-15206 (2010)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.18.015201

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A novel technique is introduced for jitter-insensitive sub-KHz resolution linewidth characterization technique in ultra-narrow lasers for optical communication applications. The technique is based on self-heterodyne detection induced by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS). Non linear SBS drives the heterodyne mixing through optical frequency locking of a narrow tunable laser source and the signal under test, which is modulated in the low frequency range. Due to SBS nature, jitter variations in the optical frequency do not affect the correlation spectra measured with resolution figures up to 300 Hz, without the need for optical delay line as in conventional homodyne correlation techniques.

OCIS Codes
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications
(070.4790) Fourier optics and signal processing : Spectrum analysis
(190.4370) Nonlinear optics : Nonlinear optics, fibers
(290.5900) Scattering : Scattering, stimulated Brillouin

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Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: March 17, 2010
Revised Manuscript: April 21, 2010
Manuscript Accepted: May 5, 2010
Published: July 1, 2010

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P. Sevillano, J. Subías, C. Heras, J. Pelayo, and F. Villuendas, "Brillouin induced self-heterodyne technique for narrow line width measurement," Opt. Express 18, 15201-15206 (2010)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-18-14-15201

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J. Subías, C. Heras, J. Pelayo, and F. Villuendas, “All in fiber optical frequency metrology by selective Brillouin amplification of single peak in an optical comb,” Opt. Express 17(8), 6753–6758 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
D. Guyomarc’h, G. Hagel, C. Zumsteg, and M. Knoop, “Some aspects of simulation and realization of an optical reference cavity,” Phys. Rev. A 80, 063820 (2009).
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A. J. Lowery, “Amplified-spontaneous noise limit of optical OFDM lightwave systems,” Opt. Express 16(2), 860–865 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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F. Mihélic, D. Bacquet, J. Zemmouri, and P. Szriftgiser, “Ultrahigh resolution spectral analysis based on a Brillouin fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 35(3), 432–434 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]
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[1] E. Ip, A. P. Lau, D. J. Barros, and J. M. Kahn, “Coherent detection in optical fiber systems,” Opt. Express 16(2), 753–791 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[2] J. Subías, C. Heras, J. Pelayo, and F. Villuendas, “All in fiber optical frequency metrology by selective Brillouin amplification of single peak in an optical comb,” Opt. Express 17(8), 6753–6758 (2009). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[3] D. Guyomarc’h, G. Hagel, C. Zumsteg, and M. Knoop, “Some aspects of simulation and realization of an optical reference cavity,” Phys. Rev. A 80, 063820 (2009).

[4] Y. Yamamoto and T. Kimura, “Coherent optical fiber transmission system,” IEEE J. Quantum Electron. 17(6), 919–935 (1981). [CrossRef]

[5] T. Pfau, S. Hoffmann, O. Adamczyk, R. Peveling, V. Herath, M. Porrmann, and R. Noé, “Coherent optical communication: towards realtime systems at 40 Gbit/s and beyond,” Opt. Express 16(2), 866–872 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[6] A. J. Lowery, “Amplified-spontaneous noise limit of optical OFDM lightwave systems,” Opt. Express 16(2), 860–865 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[7] V. Ferrero and S. Camatel, “Optical Phase locking techniques: an overview and a novel method based on single side sub-carrier modulation,” Opt. Express 16(2), 818–828 (2008). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[8] R. Hui and M. O'Sullivan, Fiber Optic Measurement Techniques (Academic Press, 2009), Chap. 2.

[9] H. Ludvigsen, M. Tossavainen, and M. Kaivola, “Laser linewidth measurements using self-homodyne detection with short delay,” Opt. Commun. 155(1-3), 180–186 (1998). [CrossRef]

[10] P. Horak and W. H. Loh, “On the delayed self-heterodyne interferometric technique for determining the linewidth of fiber lasers,” Opt. Express 14(9), 3923–3928 (2006). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[11] J. Debeau, B. Kowalski, and R. Boittin, “Simple method for the complete characterization of an optical pulse,” Opt. Lett. 23(22), 1784–1786 (1998). [CrossRef]

[12] B. Szafraniec and D. M. Baney, “Swept Coherent Spectrum Analysis of the Complex Optical Field”, in 1st IEEE Conference on Lightwave Technologies in Instrumentation and Measurement, IEEE ed. (Palisades, NY, Oct. 2004) pp. 68–72.

[13] J. M. S. Domingo, J. Pelayo, F. Villuendas, C. D. Heras, and E. Pellejer, “Very High Resolution Optical Spectrometry by Stimulated Brillouin Scattering,” IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17(4), 855–857 (2005). [CrossRef]

[14] http://www.aragonphotonics.com/index.php

[15] F. Mihélic, D. Bacquet, J. Zemmouri, and P. Szriftgiser, “Ultrahigh resolution spectral analysis based on a Brillouin fiber laser,” Opt. Lett. 35(3), 432–434 (2010). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

[16] A. Debut, S. Randoux, and J. Zemmouri, “Experimental and theoretical study of linewidth narrowing in Brillouin fiber ring lasers,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 18(4), 556–567 (2001). [CrossRef]

[17] P. C. Wait and T. P. Newson, “Measurement of Brillouin scattering coherence length as a function of pump power to determine Brillouin linewidth,” Opt. Commun. 117(1-2), 142–146 (1995). [CrossRef]

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