Title :
Brillouin based OTDR with measurement range of 85 km using combined EDFA and Raman amplification
Author :
Cho, Y.T. ; Alahbabi, M. ; Brambilla, G. ; Newson, T.P.
Author_Institution :
Centre of Optoelectronics Res., Southampton Univ.
Abstract :
We report the enhanced performance of an 85 km single-ended distributed Brillouin based temperature sensor using EDFA and Raman amplification. A temperature resolution of 3degC and spatial resolution of 20 m was achieved
Keywords :
Raman lasers; distributed sensors; erbium; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre amplifiers; optical time-domain reflectometry; stimulated Brillouin scattering; temperature sensors; 85 km; EDFA; OTDR; Raman amplification; distributed Brillouin based temperature sensor;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
