Title :
Demostration of a 4-sensor folded Sangac sensor array with active phase biasing scheme
Author :
Song, Zhang-Qi ; Yang, Ming-Ye ; Zhang, Xue-Liang ; Yong-Ming Hu
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Optoelectron. Sci. & Eng., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol. (NUDT), Changsha, China
Abstract :
A 4-sensor folded Sagnac sensor array with an active phase biasing scheme is presented. The overlapping of the signal and noise pulse is avoided through a time division multiplexing scheme and the noise pulses is eliminated almost completely. The scheme can address 16 sensors when the repeat frequency of input pulse is at 68.3 KHz. The alternative phase bias technique is demonstrated, which can provide sensors with stable phase bias. The future benefit of this technique is that the 1/f noise in the circuit can be suppressed.
Keywords :
Sagnac interferometers; acoustic arrays; fibre optic sensors; time division multiplexing; 4-sensor folded Sangac sensor array; active phase biasing scheme; fibre optic sensor; time division multiplexing; Acoustic arrays; Acoustic sensors; Optical arrays; Optical fiber polarization; Optical noise; Optical sensors; Phased arrays; Sagnac interferometers; Sensor arrays; Time division multiplexing; Fiber optic sensor; Sagnac interferometer; sensor array; time division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Sensors Conference, 2008. APOS '08. 1st Asia-Pacific
Conference_Location :
Chengdu
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2131-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2132-9
DOI :
10.1109/APOS.2008.5226320