Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 5, 0500002(2024)

Recent progresses of Optical Frequency Domain Reflectometry

Kunyao Zhu1,2 and Yi Jiang1,2、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Photonic Information Technology, Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Beijing 100081, China
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    Typical structure of OFDR system
    Demodulation process of OFDR system. (a) Demodulation steps; (b) schematic diagram of signal processing
    TLS sweep frequency and spatial resolution[7]. (a) Without nonlinear sweep frequency; (b) with nonlinear sweep frequency
    Structure of long-distance OFDR system based on OPLL[14]
    Dynamic frequency noise of OFDR system using OPLL[14]
    Schematic diagram of sweep laser generation controlled by optically locked phase[15]
    Hardware compensation method[16]. (a) Schematic diagram of beat signal and sampling point under nonlinear frequency sweep; (b) schematic diagram of beat signal generation
    Zero-crossing detection OFDR[21]. (a) Auxiliary interferometer signal zero-crossing detection circuit scheme; (b) timing analysis of each node of the circuit
    NUFFT signal processing steps[25]
    Schematic diagram of PNC-OFDR system using GCP for phase compensation [26]
    Rayleigh intensity curve of PNC-OFDR system before and after phase noise compensation and spatial resolution at 40 km[27]
    Signal processing diagram of declining filter method[29]
    TGD-OFDR system experimental configuration[33]
    PDIR algorithm flow[37]
    Typical OFDR and DSB-PNC OFDR[46]. (A) Typical OFDR; (B) DSB-PNC OFDR
    OFDR system with bidirectional decision algorithm[51]
    OFDR system based on I/Q detection[52]
    FUT strain distribution solved by recursive demodulation compensation method[58]
    CCSA process[61]
    OFDR system based on moving time gating method[63]
    Signal processing flow of moving time gating method[63]
    Vibration sensing system combined with TGD-OFDR and MZI[64]
    Schematic diagram of sensor prototype[67]
    γ radiation measurement using OFDR[69]. (a) Experimental setup; (b) experimental result
    • Table 1. Comparison of several typical phase noise compensation methods

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      Table 1. Comparison of several typical phase noise compensation methods

      Phase noise compensation methodSpatial resolutionMeasurement range
      FSFL1225 μm5 m
      DSAV130.97 cm710 m
      OPLL140.72m200 km
      CGP276 cm40 km
      Cubic spline interpolation230.3 mm300 m
      NUFFT255 cm51 m
      Deskew filter30-3280 cm80 km
      TGD-OFDR331.64 m110 km
      MFT350.2 m4.3 km
      PDIR360.15 mm302 m
    • Table 2. Comparison of improving performance methods of typical OFDR systems

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      Table 2. Comparison of improving performance methods of typical OFDR systems

      MethodSpatial resolutionSensing range
      RFS38-390.3 mm300 m
      DSB-SC+FWM4510 cm10 km
      Injection locking +FWM461.1 mm2 km
      Morlet wavelet transform475 mmNot mentioned
      Wiener deconvolution filter481.3 mmNot mentioned
      Bidirectional determination500.1 m200 m
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    Paper Information

    Category: Reviews

    Received: Mar. 3, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 20, 2023

    Published Online: Mar. 13, 2024

    The Author Email: Yi Jiang (bitjy@bit.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP230768

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP230768

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