scholarly journals A Review of Modern CMOS Transimpedance Amplifiers for OTDR Applications

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 1073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agata Romanova ◽  
Vaidotas Barzdenas
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Figure Of Merit ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Performance Comparison ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Transimpedance Amplifiers ◽  
Concise Review ◽  
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Optical Time

The work presents a review of modern CMOS transimpedance amplifiers (TIAs) in the context of their application for low-cost optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR). After introducing the basic principles behind the OTDR, the requirements for a suitable CMOS TIA are presented and discussed. A concise review of several basic TIA topologies is provided with a brief overview of their main properties. A detailed discussion is given on a representative set of approaches reported in the literature and the figure of merit (FOM) is introduced as a unified basis for performance comparison. Limitations of a single FOM as a basis for comparison are pointed out. Based on the provided discussion, some suggestions are made on the suitability of the TIA topologies for OTDR applications.

scholarly journals Recent Advances in Phase-Sensitive Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Ф-OTDR)

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-30
Author(s):  
Yunjiang Rao ◽  
Zinan Wang ◽  
Huijuan Wu ◽  
Zengling Ran ◽  
Bing Han
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Optics ◽  
Time Domain ◽  
Acoustic Waves ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Development Stage ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Rayleigh Backscattering ◽  
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Phase Sensitive ◽  
Optical Time

AbstractPhase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry (Ф-OTDR) is an effective way to detect vibrations and acoustic waves with high sensitivity, by interrogating coherent Rayleigh backscattering light in sensing fiber. In particular, fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) based on the Ф-OTDR with phase demodulation has been extensively studied and widely used in intrusion detection, borehole seismic acquisition, structure health monitoring, etc., in recent years, with superior advantages such as long sensing range, fast response speed, wide sensing bandwidth, low operation cost and long service lifetime. Significant advances in research and development (R&D) of Ф-OTDR have been made since 2014. In this review, we present a historical review of Ф-OTDR and then summarize the recent progress of Ф-OTDR in the Fiber Optics Research Center (FORC) at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), which is the first group to carry out R&D of Ф-OTDR and invent ultra-sensitive DAS (uDAS) seismometer in China which is elected as one of the ten most significant technology advances of PetroChina in 2019. It can be seen that the Ф-OTDR/DAS technology is currently under its rapid development stage and would reach its climax in the next 5 years.

Influence of laser linewidth on performance of Brillouin optical time domain reflectometry

2013 ◽  
Vol 22 (7) ◽  
pp. 074214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun-Qi Hao ◽  
Qing Ye ◽  
Zheng-Qing Pan ◽  
Hai-Wen Cai ◽  
Rong-Hui Qu
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Laser Linewidth ◽  
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Optical Time

scholarly journals Faseroptische Überwachung von mechanisch deformierten Kabelgeflechtsstrukturen mittels optischer Zeitbereichsreflektrometrie / Fiber-optic monitoring of mechanically deformed cable structures by means of optical time-domain reflectometry

2018 ◽  
Vol 85 (s1) ◽  
pp. s73-s79
Author(s):  
Moritz A. Graf ◽  
Fabian Ehmer ◽  
Christoph Eisermann ◽  
Martin Jakobi ◽  
Alexander W. Koch
Keyword(s):  
Time Domain ◽  
Fiber Optic ◽  
Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Cable Structures ◽  
Optical Time Domain Reflectometry ◽  
Optical Time

Zusammenfassung In diesem Beitrag wird ein neuartiger Ansatz zur Schadensdetektion in Stromversorgungskabeln vorgestellt. Die Funktionalität des Messsystems kann bezüglich des durch Makrobiegungen induzierten Anstiegs des Dämpfungsbelags verifiziert werden. Durch den verwendeten Integrationsansatz sind Mantelschäden im Stromversorgungskabel detektierbar, wodurch langfristige Ausfallgründe frühzeitig erkannt werden. Über eine integrierte optische Faser und ein optisches Zeitbereichsreflektometer kann unabhängig von der elektrischen Energieübertragung im Kabel eine exakte und effiziente Schadenslokalisierung sichergestellt werden, was wiederum eine Zeit- und Kostenersparnis zur Folge hat.

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