Proposal of Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR)

作者：Yosuke Mizuno*, Weiwen Zou, Zuyuan He, and Kazuo Hotate
摘要：We propose a Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry (BOCDR), which can measure the distribution of strain and/or temperature along an optical fiber from a single end, by detecting spontaneous Brillouin scattering with controlling the interference of continuous lightwaves. In a pulse-based conventional Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry (BOTDR), it is difficult in principle to achieve a spatial resolution less than 1 m, and the measurement time is as long as 5-10 minutes. On the contrary, the continuous-wave-based BOCDR can exceed the limit of 1-m resolution, and realize much faster measurement and random access to measuring positions. Spatial resolution of 40 cm was experimentally demonstrated with sampling rate of 50 Hz.
出版源：Optics Express, vol. 16, pp. 12148-12153, Aug 4 2008