Acta Photonica Sinica, Volume. 54, Issue 3, 0306003(2025)

Optimal Detection Distance Automatic Identification Method for Local Stimulated Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry System

Yi CHEN1...6, Bo GAO2, Linlin FU3, Xiaowei WANG4, Haijun ZHU4, Jiangtao LIU4, Zhentao ZHONG3, Yongzheng LI5,6, Linfeng GUO1,6,7,*, and Xiaomin XU78 |Show fewer author(s)
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering,Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology,Nanjing 210044,China
  • 2Nanjing Metro Construction Co.,Ltd,Nanjing 210019,China
  • 3China Railway Tunnel Group No.2 Co.,Ltd,Langfang 065200,China
  • 4China Railway(Shanghai)Investment Group Co.,Ltd,Shanghai 200126,China
  • 5China Railway No.3 Group East China Construction Co.,Ltd,Nanjing 211153,China
  • 6Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Detection of Atmosphere and Ocean,Nanjing 210044,China
  • 7Jiangsu International Joint Laboratory on Meterological Photonics and Optoelectronic Detection,Nanjing 210044,China
  • 8Department of Engineering,University of Cambridge,Cambridge,CB2 1PZ,United Kingdom
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    Yi CHEN, Bo GAO, Linlin FU, Xiaowei WANG, Haijun ZHU, Jiangtao LIU, Zhentao ZHONG, Yongzheng LI, Linfeng GUO, Xiaomin XU. Optimal Detection Distance Automatic Identification Method for Local Stimulated Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry System[J]. Acta Photonica Sinica, 2025, 54(3): 0306003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jul. 22, 2024

    Accepted: Dec. 27, 2024

    Published Online: Apr. 22, 2025

    The Author Email: Linfeng GUO (guolf_nj@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/gzxb20255403.0306003

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