Photon counts modulation in optical time domain reflectometry

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/20/6/064204

Abstract The quantum fluctuation of photon counting limits the field application of optical time domain reflection. A method of photon counts modulation optics time domain reflection with single photon detection at 1.55 μm is presented. The influence of quantum fluctuation can be effectively controlled by demodulation technology since quantum fluctuation shows a uniform distribution in the frequency domain. Combined with the changing of the integration time of the lock-in amplifier, the signal to noise ratio is significantly enhanced. Accordingly the signal to noise improvement ratio reaches 31.7 dB compared with the direct photon counting measurement.

Keywords: single photon detection optical time domain reflection modulation quantum fluctuation

Received: 03 August 2010
Revised: 24 December 2010
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PACS:	42.81.Cn	(Fiber testing and measurement of fiber parameters)
	42.87.-d	(Optical testing techniques)
	42.60.Fc	(Modulation, tuning, and mode locking)

Fund: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 10674086 and 10934004), the National Natural Science Foundation for Excellent Research Team (Grant No. 60821004), the National Key Basic Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB923103), the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (Grant No. 2009AA01Z319), and the Program for Top Science and Technology Innovation Teams and Top Young and Middle-aged Innovative Talents of Shanxi Province.

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Wang Xiao-Bo(王晓波), Wang Jing-Jing(王晶晶), Zhang Guo-Feng(张国锋), Xiao Lian-Tuan(肖连团), and Jia Suo-Tang(贾锁堂) Photon counts modulation in optical time domain reflectometry 2011 Chin. Phys. B 20 064204

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