• DocumentCode
    528352
  • Title

    31-km distributed temperature measurement with very high resolution using coherent-OTDR enhanced with bidirectional EDFA

  • Author

    Shimano, Ryosuke ; Iitsuka, Yuta ; Kubota, Kenya ; Koyamada, Yahei

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Eng., Ibaraki Univ., Hitachi, Japan
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    5-9 July 2010
  • Firstpage
    330
  • Lastpage
    331
  • Abstract
    We achieved a distributed temperature measurement with a resolution of 0.02°C and a spatial resolution of 2 m over a 31-km-long fiber by using a coherent optical time-domain reflectometer (C-OTDR) enhanced with a bidirectional erbium-doped fiber amplifier (Bi-EDFA).
  • Keywords
    erbium; fibre optic sensors; light coherence; optical fibre amplifiers; optical time-domain reflectometry; reflectometers; temperature measurement; JkJk:Er; bidirectional EDFA enhanced coherent-OTDR; bidirectional erbium-doped fiber amplifier; coherent optical time-domain reflectometer; distributed temperature measurement; size 31 km; spatial resolution; Frequency measurement; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Sensors; Spatial resolution; Temperature measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC), 2010 15th
  • Conference_Location
    Sapporo
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-6785-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5588550