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Performance of digital incoherent OFDR and prospects for optical fiber sensing applications
Author(s): Sascha Liehr; Nils Nöther; Milan Steffen; Oriol Gili; Katerina Krebber
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Paper Abstract

We propose a digital implementation of the incoherent optical frequency domain reflectometry (I-OFDR) technique for precise backscatter measurement and optical fiber sensing applications. Specific performance parameters of the I-OFDR are discussed and compared to an analog vector network analyzer-based I-OFDR system. Improved sensitivity, dynamic range and signal stability of the digital I-OFDR is presented and demonstrated by means of quasi-distributed length change measurement.

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Date Published: 2 June 2014
PDF: 4 pages
Proc. SPIE 9157, 23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, 915737 (2 June 2014); doi: 10.1117/12.2059639
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Sascha Liehr, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany)
Nils Nöther, fibrisTerre GmbH (Germany)
Milan Steffen, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany)
Oriol Gili, fibrisTerre GmbH (Germany)
Katerina Krebber, Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (Germany)


Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9157:
23rd International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors
José M. López-Higuera; Julian D. C. Jones; Manuel López-Amo; José Luis Santos, Editor(s)

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