• Photonic Sensors
  • Vol. 4, Issue 2, 168 (2014)
Zhihui LUO1、2, Hongqiao WEN1、*, and Huiyong GUO1
Author Affiliations
  • 1National Engineering Laboratory of Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, 430070, China
  • 2China Three Gorges University, Yichang, 443002, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s13320-014-0168-1 Cite this Article
    Zhihui LUO, Hongqiao WEN, Huiyong GUO. An Interrogation System Based on Two Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Weak Fiber Bragg Gratings[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2014, 4(2): 168 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An interrogation system based on two semiconductor optical amplifiers for weak fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) was proposed. The first semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) was used to modulate the light, and the second SOA separated the reflected signal from the different FBGs through delayed switching. The proposed system has lower insertion loss and higher spatial resolution, and can interrogate the time- and wavelength-division multiplexed FBG array. Up to 50 FBGs, with a reflectivity of 0.2% and a spatial resolution of 5 m along the optical fiber, were distinguished to demonstrate the interrogation system.
    Zhihui LUO, Hongqiao WEN, Huiyong GUO. An Interrogation System Based on Two Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Weak Fiber Bragg Gratings[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2014, 4(2): 168
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