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A novel microbend optical fiber sensing head embedded in Carbon Fiber Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) was developed. The sensor demonstrated its capability of measuring applied pressure up to 750 kPa.

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A simulation characterization with FEM was made, showing that the HiBi fibre was sensitive to different applied load angles. As such, the experimental data for transversal strain was assessed and the obtained sensibility values were in accordance with the simulation results. The collected data enable the complete characterization of the HiBi FBG, showing its capability to be used as a multiparameter sensor.

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This paper analyzes experimentally the limitations observed in lightwave systems using distributed Raman amplifiers operating under large pump power input conditions. The Brillouin effect is observed as the pump power becomes equal to watt centered in a specific pump wavelength. The presence of Brillouin peaks degrades the system performance. The Raman amplifier is set with singlemode and dispersion compensating fibers and evaluated in a high capacity WDM link at transmission rates up to 40 Gb/s per channel. The dispersion compensation was accomplished by adjusting the length of the dispersion compensating fiber. The system and amplifier characterization were developed in terms of the on-off gain, ripple, optical signal-to-noise ratio, eye diagram and extinction ratio.

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This article analyzes experimentally the limitations observed in lightwave systems using distributed Raman amplifiers operating under large pump power input conditions. The Brillouin effect is observed as the pump power reaches 1 W. The presence of Brillouin peaks degrades the performance of the system. The Raman amplification occurs in single mode and dispersion compensating fibers, being evaluated in a link at transmission rate of 40 Gb/s. (C) 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 52: 1331-1335, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.25162

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This article analyzes experimentally the limitations observed in a 45 km Raman amplified 4 x 40 Gb/s transmission system operating under multiple pump and single high pump power configurations. A signal-to-noise ratio of 19.2 dB, an extinction ratio of 10.4 dB and a jitter of 1097 fs are achieved for moderate pump powers and higher order stimulated Brillouin scattering lines give rise to system degradation for pump power levels more than 0.5 W. (C) 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:14031407, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26827