ULTRAHIGH-SENSITIVITY LOW COHERENCE OTDR USING ER3+-DOPED HIGH-POWER SUPERFLUORESCENT FIBER SOURCE

被引:15
作者
TAKADA, K [1 ]
SHIMIZU, M [1 ]
YAMADA, M [1 ]
HORIGUCHI, M [1 ]
HIMENO, A [1 ]
YUKIMATSU, K [1 ]
机构
[1] NIPPON VET & ZOOTECH COLL, COMMUN SWITCH LAB, 9-11 MIDORI CHO 3 CHOME, MUSASHINO, TOKYO 180, JAPAN
关键词
LIGHT SOURCES; OPTICAL FIBERS;
D O I
10.1049/el:19920018
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
The first-known demonstration of an Er3+-doped superfluorescent fibre source coupled to a high-resolution OTDR based on low coherence interference (low coherence OTDR) is reported. Linearly-polarised light with 14 mW output from the source achieves a -146 dB minimum detectable reflectivity at 3 Hz bandwidth. The spatial resolution determined by spectral FWHM is 28-mu-m for silica-based waveguides.
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页码:29 / 31
页数:3
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