Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 38, Issue 5, 505011(2011)

A New Demodulation Method for Time Division Multiplexing System of Fiber-Optic Hydrophone Using a 3×3 Coupler

Zhang Huayong*, Wang Liwei, Shi Qingping, Tian Changdong, Zhang Min, and Liao Yanbiao
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    A new demodulation method is proposed for time division multiplexing system of fiber-optic hydrophone using a 3×3 coupler. In such a scheme, the fiber-optic hydrophone is made by a 2×2 coupler and 3×3 coupler is used as path-matched differential interferometer. The signal is demodulated by linear combination of the three outputs and digital inverse arctangent approach. Parameters used in demodulation are estimated by singular-value decomposition and ellipse fitting. There is no carrier in this demodulation scheme. In addition, fiber-optic hydrophone can form a nearly zero path difference interferometer which is good for reducing system phase noise. The demodulation method is very simple and feasible for a general asymmetric 3×3 coupler. Correspondingly, it is easy to get a large dynamic range for the demodulated signal. A time division multiplexing experiment system with two sensors is set up. At 1 kHz noise floor, dynamic range, and cross talk are less than 31 μrad/Hz, more than 125 dB, less than 64 dB, respectively.

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    Zhang Huayong, Wang Liwei, Shi Qingping, Tian Changdong, Zhang Min, Liao Yanbiao. A New Demodulation Method for Time Division Multiplexing System of Fiber-Optic Hydrophone Using a 3×3 Coupler[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2011, 38(5): 505011

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    Paper Information

    Category: Optical communication

    Received: Jan. 30, 2011

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: May. 9, 2011

    The Author Email: Huayong Zhang (zhanghuayongthu@gmail.com)

    DOI:10.3788/cjl201138.0505011

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