• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 28, Issue 3, 560 (2008)
Song Zhangqi*, Yang Mingye, Zhang Xueliang, Wang Xin, and Hu Yongming
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    Song Zhangqi, Yang Mingye, Zhang Xueliang, Wang Xin, Hu Yongming. Time-Division-Multiplexing Scheme of the Folded Sagnac Sensor Array with Active Phase Bias[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2008, 28(3): 560 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    To avoid the overlapping of signal and noise pulses in the folded Sagnac fiber sensor array (FSSA), a time-division-multiplexing (TDM) scheme with active phase bias is proposed. Noise pulses and signal pulses are controlled to return alternately, just by adjusting the length of the bus fiber of traditional sensor array with ladder structure and adding a section of delay fiber at one end of the Sagnac interferometer. Analysis shows the input pulse repetition rate can reach half of the standard TDM scheme when the length of the delay coil is appropriate. The phase bias of the sensor array is realized through an integrated optical chip (IOC) driven by a pulse signal synchronizing with the input optical pulse. A two-sensor-array with this structure is demonstrated experimentally, and the input optical pulse repetition is rate 754.727 kHz. The phase sensitivity is about 7.3 μrad/Hz at 5 kHz, and the crosstalk between two sensors is measured to be about -51.75 dB.
    Song Zhangqi, Yang Mingye, Zhang Xueliang, Wang Xin, Hu Yongming. Time-Division-Multiplexing Scheme of the Folded Sagnac Sensor Array with Active Phase Bias[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2008, 28(3): 560
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