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 seco...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.展开更多
基金This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation of China, NSFC （Gram No. 61205070）, and the Major Program of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, NSFC （Grant No. 61290311）.
文摘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.
