Laser phase noise compensation in long-range OFDR by using an optical fiber delay loop

Bin Wang; Xinyu Fan; Shuai Wang; Guangyao Yang; Qingwen Liu; Zuyuan He

doi:10.1016/j.optcom.2015.11.064

Laser phase noise compensation in long-range OFDR by using an optical fiber delay loop

Bin Wang, Xinyu Fan^*, Shuai Wang, Guangyao Yang, Qingwen Liu, Zuyuan He

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

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Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel technique to compensate the laser phase noise in long-range OFDR by using an optical fiber delay loop, which mainly consists of a delay fiber and a frequency shifter. The delay fiber is used to shorten the optical path difference between two arms of the interferometer, and the frequency shifter works as a counter for taking the number of lightwave circulated in the loop. The preliminary experiment shows a successful compensation effect, and a 10 cm spatial resolution over 30 km measurement range is realized by using this method.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-224
Number of pages	5
Journal	Optics Communications
Volume	365
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.optcom.2015.11.064
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2016
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Frequency shifter
Optical fiber delay loop
Optical frequency domain reflectometry
Phase noise

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Laser phase noise compensation in long-range OFDR by using an optical fiber delay loop

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