MILLIMETER-RESOLUTION OPTICAL TIME-DOMAIN REFLECTOMETRY USING A 4-WAVE-MIXING SAMPLING GATE

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SCHLAGER, JB [1 ]
JINNO, M [1 ]
FRANZEN, DL [1 ]
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[1] NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TEL PUBL CORP, OPT NETWORK SYST LABS, YOKOSUKA 23803, JAPAN
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10.1109/68.345924
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TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
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0808 ; 0809 ;
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We report an optical time-domain reflectometer that employs an ultrafast optical switch based on nondegenerate four-wave mixing in a semiconductor laser amplifier. Two-point spatial resolution on the order of 1 mm over 2 m is demonstrated; Fresnel reflections with optical return losses greater than 53 dB are detected. Submillimeter-resolution optical time-domain reflectometery over a 100-m range should be possible with modifications to the pulse sources.
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