Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 43, Issue 14, 1406004(2023)

Fast Positioning of Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Frequency Shift and Enhancement of Spatial Resolution Using Maximum-Seeking Method

Qiuming Huang1, Yingkai Chen1, Xinyu Liu1, Liping Chen3、**, Bo Gao4, Linlin Fu5, Yongzheng Li6、***, Linfeng Guo1,2、*, and Xiaomin Xu7
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China
  • 2Jiangsu Key Laboratory for Optoelectronic Detection of Atmosphere and Ocean, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu, China
  • 3China Railway (Shanghai) Investment Group Co., Ltd., Shanghai 200126, China
  • 4Nanjing Metro Construction Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210019, Jiangsu, China
  • 5China Railway Tunnel Group No.2 Co., Ltd., Langfang 065200, Hebei, China
  • 6China Railway No.3 Group East China Construction Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211153, Jiangsu, China
  • 7Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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    Qiuming Huang, Yingkai Chen, Xinyu Liu, Liping Chen, Bo Gao, Linlin Fu, Yongzheng Li, Linfeng Guo, Xiaomin Xu. Fast Positioning of Brillouin Optical Time Domain Reflectometry Frequency Shift and Enhancement of Spatial Resolution Using Maximum-Seeking Method[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2023, 43(14): 1406004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Feb. 16, 2023

    Accepted: Apr. 10, 2023

    Published Online: Jul. 13, 2023

    The Author Email: Liping Chen (chenlipingzt@163.com), Yongzheng Li (liyongzhengzt@163.com), Linfeng Guo (guolf_nj@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOS230560

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