Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Optical fiber property measuring device and optical fiber property measuring method
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Application No.: US14632794Application Date: 2013-08-27
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Publication No.: US09784643B2Publication Date: 2017-10-10
- Inventor: Kazuo Hotate , Rodrigo K. Yamashita , Zuyuan He
- Applicant: The University of Tokyo
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: The University of Tokyo
- Current Assignee: The University of Tokyo
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Fox Rothschild LLP
- Agent Robert J. Sacco; Carol E. Thorstad-Forsyth
- Priority: JP2012-187003 20120827
- International Application: PCT/JP2013/072811 WO 20130827
- International Announcement: WO2014/034638 WO 20140306
- Main IPC: G01M11/00
- IPC: G01M11/00 ; G01D5/353

Abstract:
There are proposed an optical fiber property measuring device and an optical fiber property measuring method which can enhance spatial resolution more than before. In the present invention, in synchronization with frequency modulation applied to x-polarized light, intensity modulation is also applied to the x-polarized light by an intensity modulation means. This makes it possible to increase or decrease the intensity of the x-polarized light at a specific frequency, thereby allowing the effective length of a Brillouin dynamic grating formed by the x-polarized light to be adjusted. As a result, the shape of the reflection spectrum obtained when y-polarized light is reflecting by the Brillouin dynamic grating can also be adjusted optimally, which leads to enhancement of spatial resolution with the y-polarized light.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160273999A1 OPTICAL FIBER PROPERTY MEASURING DEVICE AND OPTICAL FIBER PROPERTY MEASURING METHOD Public/Granted day:2016-09-22
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