Coherent Rayleigh Backscatter Phase Noise in Digitally Enhanced Fiber Interferometers

Chathura P. Bandutunga; Ya Zhang; Terry G. Mcrae; Malcolm B. Gray; Jong H. Chow

doi:10.1109/JLT.2021.3049567

Coherent Rayleigh Backscatter Phase Noise in Digitally Enhanced Fiber Interferometers

Chathura P. Bandutunga^*, Ya Zhang, Terry G. Mcrae, Malcolm B. Gray, Jong H. Chow

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Abstract

The coupling of Rayleigh backscatter induced phase noise in bi-directional, inline fiber interferometers compromises detection sensitivity for Fourier frequencies less than 1 Hz. Here we report experimental and theoretical work highlighting the coupling of backscatter phase noise, and its subsequent range-gating and suppression using digitally enhanced homodyne interferometry. Between two in-line fiber interferometers, each with a differential arm-length of 8 km, we demonstrate a relative stability of 10 Hz/√Hz at a Fourier frequency of 100 mHz.

Original language	English
Article number	9314870
Pages (from-to)	2625-2630
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Lightwave Technology
Volume	39
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/JLT.2021.3049567
Publication status	Published - 15 Apr 2021

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