Colorless WDM-PON Using Single Side Band Carrier Suppressed Signals Mitigating Carrier Rayleigh Backscattering

A new scheme is offered for minimizing carrier Rayleigh backscattering(CRB) in single feeder fiber based wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network(WDM-PON). The proposed scheme is based on single side band carrier suppressed(SSBCS) signal, both at network and receiver sides, used for the first time at optical line terminal(OLT) and optical network unit(ONU) sides. We use dual-drive Mach-zehnder modulator(DD-MZM) for generating SSB-CS signals, which decreases the expense per bit in full transmission. SSB-CS mitigates CRB, both at OLT and ONU sides, because of having no chance of reflections from the carrier. Since no extra dedicated RF or laser source is used at ONU side, we thus achieve cost effective colorless WDM-PON system. Suppressed signals from four channels, each of 10 Gbps, are multiplexed before injecting into the fiber span of 25 km at OLT. At ONU side, half of the downlink power is used for re-modulating the data signal. The simulation results show an errorfree transmission. Moreover, the detailed power budget calculations show that the proposed scheme can be sought out for splitting ratio up to 128. Hence it offers enough system's margin for unseen losses.

Influence of double Rayleigh backscatter in CATV systems with Raman amplifiers

The double Rayleigh backscatter （DRB） effect in long distance CATV systems using fiber Raman amplifiers （FRAs） is investigated theoretically in the paper. As a comparison, performance of a system with erbium doped fiber amplifier （EDFA） is also evaluated. According to the simulation results, it is found that, in case of FRA, the increase of carrier-to-noise ratio （CNR） due to the DRB effect will not impair the performance more than that using EDFA.

External Optical Feedback Induced Noise in DFB Fiber Laser Sensor System

External optical feedback effects due to reflection, Rayleigh backscattering and coherent Rayleigh backseattering in fiber distributed feedback （DFB） fiber laser sensor system have been investigated. If the feedback intensity exceeds critical amount, excess noise would be induced in the demodulator. The maximum tolerable intensity back-reflection coefficient Rc and backscattering coefficient Sc into a fiber DFB laser with lead fiber length from I m to 37.5 km before the onset of instabilities are shown. Rc is found to decrease with increasing lead fiber length while Sc was relatively invariable with varying fiber length. The coherent Rayleigh backscattering （CRBS） would induce neglectable noise with a lead fiber exceeding 13.5 kin. To eliminate these noises, one or two isolators should be incorporated in the system.

Single-end hybrid Rayleigh Brillouin and Raman distributed fibre-optic sensing system

Backscattered lightwaves from an optical fibre are used to realise distributed fibre optic sensing(DFOS)systems for measuring various parameters.Rayleigh,Brillouin,and Raman backscattering provide different sensitivities to different measurands and have garnered the attention of researchers.A system combining the three principles above can effectively separate the measured strain and temperature completely as well as provide measurements of both dynamic and static parameters.However,the combined system is extremely complicated if the three systems are independent of each other.Hence,we propose a single-end hybrid DFOS system that uses two successive pulses to realise the Brillouin amplification of Rayleigh backscattering lightwaves for combining Rayleigh and Brillouin systems.A 3-bit pulse-coding method is employed to demodulate the Raman scattering of the two pulses to integrate Raman optical time-domain reflectometry into the hybrid system.Using this hybrid scheme,a simultaneous measurement of multiple parameters is realised,and a favourable measurement accuracy is achieved.

Study of Rayleigh-Backscattering Induced Coherence Collapse in an Asymmetric DFB FL Sensor

Rayleigh-back scattering induced coherence collapse of an asymmetric distributed feedback fiber laser （DFB FL） sensor is investigated using a composite cavity model. The coherence collapse threshold condition of the asymmetric DFB FL sensor is measured. The DFB FL sensor shows different dynamic behaviors in different pump configurations. According to the asymmetric behavior to the external optical feedback, a novel method to find the actual phase shift position of the asymmetric DFB FL sensor is presented.

Review of Fiber-optic Distributed Acoustic Sensing Technology

A distributed optical-fiber acoustic sensor is an acoustic sensor that uses the optical fiber itself as a photosensitive medium,and is based on Rayleigh backscattering in an optical fiber.The sensor is widely used in the safety monitoring of oil and gas pipelines,the classification of weak acoustic signals,defense,seismic prospecting,and other fields.In the field of seismic prospecting,distributed optical-fiber acoustic sensing(DAS)will gradually replace the use of the traditional geophone.The present paper mainly expounds the recent application of DAS,and summarizes recent research achievements of DAS in resource exploration,intrusion monitoring,pattern recognition,and other fields and various DAS system structures.It is found that the high-sensitivity and long-distance sensing capabilities of DAS play a role in the extensive monitoring applications of DAS in engineering.The future application and development of DAS technology are examined,with the hope of promoting the wider application of the DAS technology,which benefits engineering and society.

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

Phase-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 theФ-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)ofФ-OTDR have been made since 2014.In this review,we present a historical review ofФ-OTDR and then summarize the recent progress ofФ-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 ofФ-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 theФ-OTDR/DAS technology is currently under its rapid development stage and would reach its climax in the next 5 years.

Impact of Reflection Induced Noise on AM-VSB CATV Lightwave Systems

The effect of reflection on the performance of AM-VSB CATV lightwave systems is analyzed. Usually, there are three kinds of reflection existing in the AM-VSB CATV lightwave systems: multipath interference (MPI), double Rayleigh backscattering (DRB) and external optical feedback. The MPI and external optical feedback can be neglected owing to using the FC/APC connectors and isolated DFB lasers in the system link. It is shown theoretically and experimentally that the DRB is the limitation of the noise induced by reflection.