• Optics and Precision Engineering
  • Vol. 31, Issue 2, 168 (2023)
Xu LIU1, Bo LIU1,*, and Yunjiang RAO1,2,*
Author Affiliations
  • 1Research Center for Optical Fiber Sensing, Institute of Intelligent Sensing, ZhejiangLab, Hangzhou 300, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communications (Education Ministry of China), University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu611731, China
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    DOI: 10.37188/OPE.20233102.0168 Cite this Article
    Xu LIU, Bo LIU, Yunjiang RAO. Research progress of photon counting optical time domain reflectometry based on single photon detection[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2023, 31(2): 168 Copy Citation Text show less
    Spectral figure of typical spontaneous scattering
    Fig. 1. Spectral figure of typical spontaneous scattering
    Working modes of two kinds of APD[15]
    Fig. 2. Working modes of two kinds of APD15
    Histogram of photon counting and time
    Fig. 3. Histogram of photon counting and time
    Distributed temperature sensing system based on detection of PMT[29].
    Fig. 4. Distributed temperature sensing system based on detection of PMT29.
    Set-up of the single photon detection system based on PPLN waveguide[33]
    Fig. 5. Set-up of the single photon detection system based on PPLN waveguide33
    Setup of photon counting OTDR with sensing fiber of 217 km[34]
    Fig. 6. Setup of photon counting OTDR with sensing fiber of 217 km34
    Temperature measurement of distributed sensing fiber with 12 mm spatial resolution[35]
    Fig. 7. Temperature measurement of distributed sensing fiber with 12 mm spatial resolution35
    (a) System noise equivalent (NEP) as a function of bias current in units of critical current (b) Backscattered signal from the FUT at around 111 km as detected with the single photon detector[12]
    Fig. 8. (a) System noise equivalent (NEP) as a function of bias current in units of critical current (b) Backscattered signal from the FUT at around 111 km as detected with the single photon detector12
    Comparison between level trigger (left) and CFD operation (right) [40]
    Fig. 9. Comparison between level trigger (left) and CFD operation (right)40
    Operation principle of a TAC[40]
    Fig. 10. Operation principle of a TAC40
    (a)Schematic diagram of externally time-gated PC-OTDR(b) Gating signals provided to optical switch(c) Simulated OTDR traces of 60 m fiber link[46]
    Fig. 11. (a)Schematic diagram of externally time-gated PC-OTDR(b) Gating signals provided to optical switch(c) Simulated OTDR traces of 60 m fiber link46
    (a) Optoelectronic circuit of the photon-counting OTDR (b) PON configuration for photon counting OTDR testing (c) Zoom OTDR trace to the end of the PON link[56]
    Fig. 12. (a) Optoelectronic circuit of the photon-counting OTDR (b) PON configuration for photon counting OTDR testing (c) Zoom OTDR trace to the end of the PON link56
    探测器类型采集系统空间分辨率传感距离更新时间文献
    Si两通道10 m10 km>80 min23
    Ge多通道100 m37 km-24
    InGaAs/InP多通道5 cm30 m3 min42
    PMTTCSPC10 cm20 m60 s30
    PPLNTCSPC100 m217 km13 min34
    SNSPDTCSPC1 cm2.8 m60 s35
    SNSPDTCSPC100 m246.8 km40 min38
    Table 1. Comparisons of photon counting OTDR based on different detector and digital data sampling technologies
    Xu LIU, Bo LIU, Yunjiang RAO. Research progress of photon counting optical time domain reflectometry based on single photon detection[J]. Optics and Precision Engineering, 2023, 31(2): 168
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