Title :
Sensing distance elongation in BOTDR scheme using optical frequency comb
Author :
Sawaguchi, Hikaru ; Kashiwagi, Ken ; Tanaka, Yuichi ; Kurokawa, Takashi
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Eng., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We propose distance elongation of BOTDR fiber sensors using optical frequency comb (OFC) as a lightsourse. As the OFC increased fiber transmitted power compared to single frequency light, it is expected to elongate the distance.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; fibre optic sensors; optical time-domain reflectometry; BOTDR fiber sensors; Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry; fiber transmitted power; lightsourse; optical frequency comb; sensing distance elongation; Brillouin scattering; Frequency measurement; Optical fiber sensors; Optical fibers; Temperature measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Microoptics Conference (MOC), 2013 18th
