• DocumentCode
    1359133
  • Title

    40 dB fibre optical preamplifier in 1064 nm laser Doppler anemometer

  • Author

    Többen, H. ; Buschmann, Thomas ; Müller, H. ; Dopheide, D.

  • Author_Institution
    Lab. of Liquid Meters, Phys. Tech. Bundesanstalt, Braunschweig, Germany
  • Volume
    36
  • Issue
    12
  • fYear
    2000
  • fDate
    6/8/2000 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1024
  • Lastpage
    1025
  • Abstract
    With a neodymium-doped fibre amplifier a small signal gain of 40 dB at 1064 nm has been achieved. Using the same amplifier as an optical preamplifier in a conventional 1064 nm laser Doppler anemometer (LDA), an improvement in the SNR of the LDA radiation and sensitivity enhancement in comparison to that for direct detection with a highly sensitive avalanche photodiode was obtained
  • Keywords
    anemometers; laser Doppler anemometry; laser beams; laser noise; neodymium; optical fibre amplifiers; preamplifiers; sensitivity; 1064 nm; 40 dB; Nd-doped fibre amplifier; direct detection; fibre optical preamplifier; highly sensitive avalanche photodiode; laser Doppler anemometer; optical preamplifier; radiation; sensitivity enhancement; signal-to-noise ratio; small signal gain;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronics Letters
  • Publisher
    iet
  • ISSN
    0013-5194
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1049/el:20000786
  • Filename
    852177