BRILLOUIN LASERS AND SENSORS: TRENDS AND PERSPECTIVES
A.A. Fotiadi1,2, D.A. Korobko1, I.O. Zolotovskii1
1Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, Russia
2University of Mons, Mons, Belgium
Keywords: Fiber lasers, stimulated Brillouin scattering, distributed fiber sensors
Abstract
The paper overviews new means of photonics based on the use of stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in optical fibers. The main attention is paid to the original configurations of narrow-band low-noise lasers and their potential applications for distributed fiber-based measurements.
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