Optical frequency multiplexing coherent OTDR, testing method, signal processing device, and program
US11385127B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 12, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 12, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04B10/071
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a frequency division multiplexing coherent OTDR, a test method, a signal processing apparatus, and a program that can maintain, even in a case where a DFB laser is used, a spatial resolution equivalent to a spatial resolution achieved when a fiber laser or an external resonant laser is used. An OTDR according to the present disclosure includes a light incidence unit configured to change an optical frequency of light from a light source by a predetermined frequency interval at a predetermined time interval to generate test light pulses and cause the test light pulses to sequentially enter a fiber under test, a light reception unit configured to use the light from the light source as local light to coherently detect backscattered light from the fiber under test to acquire a received signal, and a computation unit configured to separate the received signal into signals with frequencies obtained by changing the optical frequency by the predetermined frequency interval, square amplitudes of the signals resulting from frequency separation to generate square values, perform Wiener filter processing on the square values, compensate values r…
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