Abstract: A high-power acceptable optical fiber comprises a core and cladding provided on the outer peripheral surface of the core. The dopant concentrations in the core and cladding each change in the axial direction of the optical fiber. The core has a same relative refractive index profile in any cross section thereof taken in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction thereof. The relative refractive index profile is normalized by a maximum refractive index of the core.

Abstract: A light source which is stabilized in frequencies at uniform intervals comprises a light source 5 whose light frequency is varied with a signal from a reference signal source 4; a frequency detector 6 for detecting the frequency of the output of the light source 5, the cycles of the said frequency detector being the same as the uniform intervals; a comparator 2 for comparing the output of the frequency detector 6 and the output of the reference light source 1; and a switch 3 having as its input the output of the comparator 2 for inputting the output to the light source 5, said switch being so operated that when the frequency of the light source 5 is to be changed the switch is opened and the output of the reference signal source 4 is changed to set the output frequency of the light source 5 near the desired frequency and then the switch 3 is closed.

Abstract: Use is made of a non linear interaction between a first modulated signal light from a first light source and a second signal light from a second light source which propagate in an optical fiber to be examined in opposite directions, i.e., so-called Brillouin light amplification, to analyze the signal waveform of the second signal light, which is influenced by the action of such light amplification.

Abstract: A fiber coupler includes first and second optical fiber groups and a fused-elongated region. The first optical fiber group is obtained by parallelly arranging a plurality of optical fibers on a single plane, a coating of each of the optical fibers being removed throughout a predetermined portion at the same position as that of an adjacent optical fiber in a longitudinal direction. The second optical fiber group is obtained by parallelly arranging adjacent optical fibers on a predetermined plane parallel to an arrange plane of the first optical fiber group at the same pitch as that of the first optical fiber group, a coating of each of the optical fibers being removed throughout a predetermined portion at the same position as that of an adjacent optical fiber in a longitudinal direction as the first optical fiber group.

Abstract: Use is made of a non linear interaction between a first modulated signal light from a first light source and a second signal light from a second light source which propagate in an optical fiber to be examined in opposite directions, i.e., so-called Brillouin light amplification, to analyze the signal waveform of the second signal light, which is influenced by the action of such light amplification.