Signal to noise and range enhancement of a Brillouin intensity based temperature sensor
Signal to noise and range enhancement of a Brillouin intensity based temperature sensor
We report on the theory and use of pre-amplification to enhance the measurement range of a spontaneous Brillouin intensity based distributed fiber-optic sensor. One factor that limits temperature resolution is receiver sensitivity, which degrades for long range sensors. Using optical preamplification before photo detection in a 23km sensor improved the signal-to-noise by approximately 17dB using a 20MHz detector. The major source of noise was amplified spontaneous emission beat noise.
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de Souza, K.
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Newson, Trevor P.
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2004
de Souza, K.
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Newson, Trevor P.
6735857e-d947-45ec-8163-54ebb25daad7
de Souza, K. and Newson, Trevor P.
(2004)
Signal to noise and range enhancement of a Brillouin intensity based temperature sensor.
Optics Express, 12 (12), .
(doi:10.1364/OPEX.12.002656).
Abstract
We report on the theory and use of pre-amplification to enhance the measurement range of a spontaneous Brillouin intensity based distributed fiber-optic sensor. One factor that limits temperature resolution is receiver sensitivity, which degrades for long range sensors. Using optical preamplification before photo detection in a 23km sensor improved the signal-to-noise by approximately 17dB using a 20MHz detector. The major source of noise was amplified spontaneous emission beat noise.
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Published date: 2004
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/9473
ISSN: 1094-4087
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