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
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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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 languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)220-224
Number of pages5
JournalOptics Communications
Volume365
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

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

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