Enhanced ν-optical time domain reflectometry using gigahertz sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche detector

Xuping Zhang; Yuanlei Shi; Yuanyuan Shan; Zhenhong Sun; Weiyan Qiao; Yixin Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.OE.55.9.094101

6 September 2016 Enhanced ν-optical time domain reflectometry using gigahertz sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche detector

Xuping Zhang, Yuanlei Shi, Yuanyuan Shan, Zhenhong Sun, Weiyan Qiao, Yixin Zhang

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Optical Engineering, Vol. 55, Issue 9, 094101 (September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.9.094101

Abstract

Optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) is one of the most successful diagnostic tools for nondestructive attenuation measurement of a fiber link. To achieve better sensitivity, spatial resolution, and avoid dead-zone in conversional OTDR, a single-photon detector has been introduced to form the photon-counting OTDR (ν-OTDR). We have proposed a ν-OTDR system using a gigahertz sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche detector (SPAD). Benefiting from the superior performance of a sinusoidal gated SPAD on dark count probability, gating frequency, and gate duration, our ν-OTDR system has achieved a dynamic range (DR) of 33.4 dB with 1 μs probe pulse width after an equivalent measurement time of 51 s. This obtainable DR corresponds to a sensing length over 150 km. Our system has also obtained a spatial resolution of 5 cm at the end of a 5-km standard single-mode fiber. By employing a sinusoidal gating technique, we have improved the ν-OTDR spatial resolution and significantly reduced the measurement time.

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Xuping Zhang, Yuanlei Shi, Yuanyuan Shan, Zhenhong Sun, Weiyan Qiao, and Yixin Zhang "Enhanced ν-optical time domain reflectometry using gigahertz sinusoidally gated InGaAs/InP single-photon avalanche detector," Optical Engineering 55(9), 094101 (6 September 2016). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.OE.55.9.094101

Published: 6 September 2016

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