Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 58, Issue 7, 0700004(2021)

Review of Brillouin Dynamic Grating

Xingliang Wu1, Yingying Song1, Xiaocheng Zhang1, Mingjiang Zhang1, Lijun Qiao1, Tao Wang1, Shaohua Gao2, and Jianzhong Zhang1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan , Shanxi 030024, China
  • 2College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan , Shanxi 030024, China
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    Schematic diagram of Brillouin dynamic grating generation
    Experimental setup for generating BDG in polarization-maintaining fiber[2]
    Relationship between BDG reflection spectrum width and grating length
    Experimental setup for generating BDG in single-mode fiber[5]
    Reflection spectra of different lengths of BDG in single-mode fiber[5]. (a) L=11 m; (b) L=20 m; (c) L=50 m; (d) L=100 m
    Gain spectra of BDG with different wavelengths in single-mode dispersion-shifted fiber[6]
    Experimental setup for producing and reading BDG in a few-mode fiber[7]
    Local reflection spectra of BDG in a few-mode fiber[9]
    Experimental setup of distributed temperature and strain sensing using BDG and BGS[10]
    Relationship of νBire with temperature and strain[10]. (a) Under different temperature; (b) under different strain
    Relationship between fiber distance and intensity of chirped BDG and non-chirped BDG[11]
    Relationship between the intensity and distance of chirped BDG and non-chirped BDG formed at different powers[12]. (a) 78 W write pulse power; (b) 183 W write pulse power
    Acoustic field two-dimension distribution of phase-shifted BDG[17]
    Reflection spectra of phase-shifted BDG[17]
    Reflection spectra of phase-shifted BDG under different phase shifts of pump pulses[17]
    Chaotic BDG acoustic field generated in polarization-maintaining fiber[20]. (a) Three-dimensional distribution; (b) two-dimensional distribution
    Reflection characteristics of chaotic BDG[21]. (a) Chaotic BDG reflection spectra with different grating lengths; (b) relationship between chaotic BDG reflection spectrum width and grating length
    Two-dimensional distribution of random BDG acoustic field generated in polarization-maintaining fiber[25]. (a) Distribution of acoustic field; (b) BDG generation time versus position of polarization-maintaining fiber
    Random BDG reflection spectra generated in the polarization maintaining fiber[25]. (a) Random pulse width of 1 ns; (b) random pulse width of 1.2 ns
    Strain and temperature coefficient measurement[26]. (a) Strain; (b) temperature
    Simulation results of simultaneous measurement of temperature and strain in Panda polarization-maintaining fiber[28]. (a) Measured Brillouin and birefringent frequency shifts; (b) temperature and strain distribution after demodulation
    Measurement results of distributed optical fiber sensing system with high spatial resolution[31]
    Relations between BireFS and transverse load[34]. (a) Various load direction; (b) various load weight
    Reflection pulse of Brillouin dynamic grating at 3 different positions (A, B, C) in 120 m fiber[35]
    Optical storage is realized by using SBS effect[11]. (a) Chirped BDG is used to store the chirped signal pulse; (b) compressed signal pulse is obtained by "reading" the pulse probe grating with the chirp in the opposite direction
    BDG-based all-optical flip-flop[37]. (a) Flip-flop output is set by input pulse; (b) output can be switched back to low level by using the second probe pulse in the opposite phase
    • Table 1. BDG in different optical fibers

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      Table 1. BDG in different optical fibers

      Optical fiber typeAdvantageDisadvantage
      Polarization-maintaining fiberGood polarization state retention is beneficial to stimulate the SBS effectHigh cost
      Single-mode fiberUniform refractive index distribution, low cost, wide applicationSBS effect is not easily induced
      Few-mode optical fiberDifferent modes are beneficial to separation of pump light, detection light and reflected lightComplex experimental system
      Photonic crystal fiberHigh nonlinearity is beneficial to stimulate SBS effect and reduce pump light powerHigh cost
    • Table 2. Different types of BDG

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      Table 2. Different types of BDG

      BDG typeGeneration methodReflective spectral widthApplication
      Chirp BDGFrequency chirped pulse lightLess than 100 MHzNarrow band filter, dispersion compensator, etc
      Phase shift BDGPhase modulated pulse lightMore than 100 MHzPhotonic filter, microwave photonics, all-optical signal processing, etc
      Chaotic BDGChaotic laserIt can reach the gigahertz scaleHigh precision distributed optical fiber sensing
      Random BDGRandom pulse lightIt can reach the gigahertz scaleRandom fiber laser
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    Xingliang Wu, Yingying Song, Xiaocheng Zhang, Mingjiang Zhang, Lijun Qiao, Tao Wang, Shaohua Gao, Jianzhong Zhang. Review of Brillouin Dynamic Grating[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2021, 58(7): 0700004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Reviews

    Received: Jul. 9, 2020

    Accepted: Aug. 11, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 25, 2021

    The Author Email: Zhang Jianzhong (zhangjianzhong@tyut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP202158.0700004

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