FIBEROPTIC SENSOR USING AN INJECTION-LOCKED LOCAL LASER

被引:2
作者
OKAMURA, H
IWATSUKI, K
机构
[1] NTT Transmission Systems Laboratories, Kanagawa, 238-03, 1-2356, Take, Yokosuka-shi
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10.1109/50.76671
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
An interferometric fiber-optic sensor using a local laser is proposed. An Er-doped-fiber ring-laser is injection locked to a signal carrier using a fiber coupler and the extracted carrier is directly homodyned with the signal light at the output of the coupler. With a feedback loop suppressing the local laser instability, demodulation linearity over 2 decades and minimum detection in the 10(-3) rad range are attained. The Er-doped fiber ring laser constructed for this work has a linewidth of less than 1.4 kHz.
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页数:6
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