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Brillouin-based fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor with optical preamplification

De Souza, K. and Newson, T.P. (2000) Brillouin-based fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor with optical preamplification. Optics Letters, 25, (18), 1331-1333.

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Description/Abstract

Optical preamplification has been used in a fiber-optic distributed temperature sensor based on spontaneous Brillouin scattering and the use of direct detection, resulting in improved signal-to-noise ratios. The fiber-based optical preamplifier system comprises a three-port circulator, an erbium-doped fiber amplifier with a small-signal gain of 27dB, and a fiber Bragg grating with 47-GHz bandwidth. An improvement of 17dB in the optical signal-to-noise ratio for the Brillouin signal is demonstrated in a 23-km sensor. The limit to the signal-to-noise ratio is attributed to spontaneous spontaneous beat noise generated at the photodetector by amplified spontaneous emission from the optical amplifier.

Item Type:Article
Related URLs:http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?id=62162
Subjects:Q Science > QC Physics
T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Divisions:University Structure - Pre August 2011 > Optoelectronics Research Centre
ePrint ID:13613
Deposited On:31 Dec 2004
Last Modified:26 Mar 2010 17:18

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