Signal processing method based on group delay calculation for distributed Bragg wavelength shift in optical frequency domain reflectometry

A signal processing method based on group delay calculations is introduced for distributed measurements of long-length fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR). Bragg wavelength shifts in interfered signals of OFDR are regarded as group delay. By calculating...

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Published in:Optics express 2014-03, Vol.22 (6), p.6829-6836
Main Authors: Wada, Daichi, Igawa, Hirotaka, Murayama, Hideaki, Kasai, Tokio
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Language:English
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Summary:A signal processing method based on group delay calculations is introduced for distributed measurements of long-length fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) based on optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR). Bragg wavelength shifts in interfered signals of OFDR are regarded as group delay. By calculating group delay, the distribution of Bragg wavelength shifts is obtained with high computational efficiency. We introduce weighted averaging process for noise reduction. This method required only 3.5% of signal processing time which was necessary for conventional equivalent signal processing based on short-time Fourier transform. The method also showed high sensitivity to experimental signals where non-uniform strain distributions existed in a long-length FBG.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.22.006829