Chinese Journal of Lasers, Volume. 46, Issue 10, 1004006(2019)

Improving Dynamic Range of Chaos Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Using Fiber Ring

Zhihong Hu1,2, Tong Zhao1,2、*, Peixin He1,2, Bingjie Wang1,2, Anbang Wang1,2, and Yuncai Wang1,2,3
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  • 1Key Laboratory of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education,Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 0 30024, China
  • 2College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, Shanxi 0 30024, China
  • 3School of Information Engineering, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510006, China
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    The chaos generated by the external-cavity feedback semiconductor laser has an obvious relaxation oscillation and the energy of the low-frequency band is low, limiting the dynamic range of chaos optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR). An optical fiber ring structure is proposed herein to improve the dynamic range of the chaos OTDR. Experiments and numerical simulation find that multibeam interference occurs when the chaotic light passes through the fiber ring. Moreover, the energy of the low-frequency band is improved by delaying the self-beat frequency effect. The experimental detection results show that the dynamic range of the chaos OTDR increases by 5 dB when the fiber ring is used under a 200-MHz detection bandwidth.

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    Zhihong Hu, Tong Zhao, Peixin He, Bingjie Wang, Anbang Wang, Yuncai Wang. Improving Dynamic Range of Chaos Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Using Fiber Ring[J]. Chinese Journal of Lasers, 2019, 46(10): 1004006

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    Paper Information

    Category: measurement and metrology

    Received: Apr. 30, 2019

    Accepted: Jun. 1, 2019

    Published Online: Oct. 25, 2019

    The Author Email: Zhao Tong (zhaotong.tyut@outlook.com)

    DOI:10.3788/CJL201946.1004006

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