High-sensitivity low coherence reflectometer using erbium-doped superfluorescent fibre source and erbium-doped power amplifier

作者： K. Takada , T. Kitagawa , M. Shimizu , M. Horiguchi

DOI: 10.1049/EL:19930246

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摘要: A broadband light source with an output of 150 mW at 1536 nm is constructed by using erbium-doped power amplifier coupled to superfluorescent fibre source. nearly shot-noise-limited sensitivity −161 dB and a dynamic range 54 are achieved optical low coherence reflector this