Performance improvement of a self-heterodyne detection BOTDR system employing broad-band laser

The self-heterodyne detection Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (BOTDR) system using broad-band laser is proposed to reduce coherent Rayleigh noise and improve the system performance. Compared with the system with narrow-band laser, the stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) threshold can be improved by about 3 dB. The experimental results of the narrow-band laser measurements for three times independently and the broad-band laser measurement for one time are compared. The root-mean-square (RMS) errors of Brillouin linewidth for two systems with narrow-band laser and broad-band laser are 6.9 MHz and 2.7 MHz, respectively, and the RMS errors of temperature for the heated fiber are about 1.3 °C and 0.7 °C. With the broad-band laser, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the unheated fiber is approximately equivalent to that of the integrated three independent Brillouin signals for the narrowband laser, and the results are believed to be beneficial for performance improvement and measurement time reduction.     

A performance enhanced Rayleigh Brillouin optical time domain analysis sensing system

Aiming at the problem of large fading noise in Rayleigh Brillouin optical time domain analysis system, a wavelength scanning technique is proposed to enhance the performance of the temperature sensing system. The principle of the proposed technique to reduce the fading noise is introduced based on the analysis of Rayleigh Brillouin optical time domain analysis system. The experimental results show that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) at the end of optical fiber with length of 50 m after 17 times wavelength scanning is 5.21 dB higher than that with single wavelength, the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) on the heated fiber with length of 70 m inserted at the center of sensing fiber can be accurately measured as 0.19 MHz, which is equivalent to a measurement accuracy of 0.19 °C. It indicates that the proposed technique can realize high-accuracy temperature measurement and has huge potential in the field of long-distance and high-accuracy sensing.     

A useful method for determination of optimal fiber input power in spontaneous Brillouin-scattering-based sensing system

A method for the optimal fiber input power determination is presented by employing the variation characteristics of signal to noise ratio (SNR) in spontaneous Brillouin-scattering-based sensing system. And a heterodyne detection system is constructed for measuring the Brillouin scattering spectra with different fiber input powers. The Brillouin spectrum width and system SNR can be simultaneously measured from these spectra, and the optimal fiber input power can be obtained from such information. In the experiment, for 48.8-km-long standard single-mode fiber (SSMF), the optimal fiber input power values are all approximately 0 dBm obtained by the maximum SNR position for different local oscillator power values and average times.     

Coherent self-heterodyne Brillouin OTDR for measurement ofBrillouin frequency shift distribution in optical fibers

Time domain reflectometry of spontaneously Brillouin scattered lightwaves in a single-mode optical fiber is demonstrated with a coherent self-heterodyne detection system employing a recently proposed frequency translator, a DFB laser diode, and erbium-doped fiber amplifiers. Since the probe pulse frequency is up-converted by the translator by an amount approximately equal to the Brillouin frequency shift, the self-heterodyne beat frequency can be reduced to a sufficiently low frequency in the IF band. The system enables one-end measurement of the Brillouin frequency shift distribution in optical fibers with a single way dynamic range (SWDR) of 16 dB and a frequency resolution of 5 MHz for a spatial resolution of 100 m     

Influence of laser wavelength instability, polarization fading and phase fluctuation on local heterodyne detection wavelength scanning BOTDR

In this paper, the influence of laser wavelength instability, polarization fading and phase fluctuation on local heterodyne detection wavelength scanning Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (WS-BOTDR) is theoretically analyzed, and a local heterodyne detection WS-BOTDR system is built for experimental verification. The experimental results show that with the increase of sensing distance, the adverse effect of laser wavelength instability, polarization fading and phase fluctuation on local heterodyne detection WS-BOTDR is gradually aggravated, which will lead to the broadening and distortion of the wavelength power spectrum (WPS), resulting in large errors in demodulated Brillouin central wavelength (BCW) and temperature. The average temperature measurement errors at the positions of 1 km, 5 km, 9 km non-heating section and 9.45 km heating section are 1.76 °C, 3.42 °C, 3.89° C and 4.3 °C, respectively.     

APD检测Golay编码BOTDR系统的建模分析与优化设计

针对传统单脉冲布里渊光时域反射系统信号微弱、性能提升受限的问题,提出了一种雪崩光电二极管（APD）检测器本地外差检测的格雷（Golay）编码布里渊光时域反射系统。分析了Golay码应用于该系统的编解码原理及系统外差检测原理,讨论了光纤受激布里渊散射阈值对编码系统平均入纤功率的限制,推导了系统信噪比的数学表达式,研究系统信噪比与APD倍增因子、编码长度的关系,分别得到了APD最佳倍增因子和系统最佳编码长度的表达式。MATLAB仿真结果表明,选用带宽为500 MHz的APD光电检测器和峰值功率50 mW、脉冲宽度100 ns的入纤脉冲时,系统APD倍增因子和编码长度均存在最佳值,系统最佳编码长度的确定不仅依赖于系统的散粒噪声和热噪声功率,还由光纤受激布里渊散射阈值共同决定。经优化计算得,该系统的APD最佳倍增因子为5,最佳编码长度为128位时,在25 km光纤末端的系统信噪比比传统单脉冲系统提高了26.42 dB,温度和应变分辨率分别达到了1.60℃和35.48。     

Tunable self-seeded multi-wavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser based on few-mode fiber filter

A tunable self-seeded multi-wavelength Brillouin-erbium fiber laser (BEFL) is proposed and demonstrated based on a few-mode fiber filter (FMFF) with varying temperature. The FMFF configuration is a section of uncoated few-mode fiber (FMF) sandwiched between two up-tapers. As the temperature varies from 25 °C to 125 °C, the transmission spectrum of FMFF moves towards the longer wavelength. The self-excited Brillouin pump is internally achieved by cascaded stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) in the single mode fiber (SMF). Then employing the FMFF temperature variation characteristics in the ring cavity fiber laser, the multi-wavelength of the output laser can be tuned, and the tunable range is about 8.0 nm. The generation of up to 15 Brillouin Stokes wavelengths with 16 dB optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is realized.     

A new construction method of QC-LDPC codes with low error floor based on EETS and Zig-Zag

Aiming at the problem that quasi-cyclic low density parity check (QC-LDPC) codes may have the error floor in the high signal to noise ratio (SNR) region, a new construction method of the QC-LDPC codes with the low error floor is proposed. The basic matrix of the method is based on the progressive edge growth (PEG) algorithm and the improved eliminate elementary trapping sets (EETS) algorithm so as to eliminate the elementary trapping sets in the basic matrix, then the Zig-Zag method is used to construct the cyclic shift matrix which is used to extend the basic matrix in order to construct the parity check matrix. The method not only can improve the error floor in the high SNR region, but also can flexibly design the code length and code rate. The simulation results show that at the bit error rate of 10-6, the PEG-trapping-Zig-Zag (PTZZ)-QC-LDPC(3024,1512) codes with the code rate of 0.5, compared with the PEG-Zig-Zag (PZZ)-QC-LDPC(3024,1512) codes and the PEG-QC-LDPC(3024,1512) codes, can respectively improve the net coding gain of 0.1 dB and 0.16 dB. The difference among the bit error rate performance curves will become better with the increase of the SNR. In addition, the PTZZ-QC-LDPC(3024,1512) codes have no error floor above the SNR of 2.2 dB.     

延时自外差法线宽测量误差分析仿真及修正

讨论了移频延时自外差探测的基本原理,并对外差得到的功率谱进行了公式推导。在此基础上,对外差测量中出现的测量误差进行分析,同时设计了自外差测量实验装置进行实验对比,确定了由于延时线长度不够导致的线宽测量误差来源是因为延时时间短导致幂指数函数项波动加剧造成的;同时针对外差信号频谱为洛仑兹型和类高斯型的混合谱型,在高斯功率谱密度函数的基础上,对延时时间和1/f谱宽的影响进行了仿真计算,采用Voigt分析,提取出1/f导致的测量误差,提高了线宽测量的精度。以高斯谱宽4.5 kHz的谱型为例,对应的洛仑兹线宽约为0.68 kHz,提高了一个数量级的测量精度。     

Efficient adaptive forward error control schemes for Ka-band satellite systems

Adaptive fade margin is required to counter the severe but varying rain attenuation in K_a-band satellite communications. In a search for a suitable rain countermeasure, the effectiveness of adaptive forward error control (AFEC) schemes is studied. Two AFEC schemes using convolution codes and concatenated codes are proposed and their performances analysed. The schemes can provide progressively adaptive fade margins of 10-1 and 10-4 dB, respectively, in excess of the system's fixed fade margin. To improve the efficient use of shared resources of the system, an AFEC scheme using double coding is introduced and its performance analysed. In this scheme a single codec is used repeatedly, resulting in reduced hardware cost and increased use. By using convolutional code and Golay code the above scheme can provide adaptive fade margins of 10°8 dB and 8°1 dB, respectively. Although concatenated codes have slightly better performance than double codes, the hardware implementation and decoding complexity of the latter are significantly less. Implementation complexity of AFEC resource sharing in the light of code complexity, time frame expansion, link condition monitoring and signalling is discussed in detail.     

Galvanomagnetic properties of CdTe below and above the melting point

Temperature dependence of conductivity and Hall coefficient R_H is measured by DC and AC methods at temperatures between 600–1180°C. Two experimental approaches are used.¹ Galvanomagnetic measurements at defined temperature and Cd or Te pressure are performed in solid samples in the whole field of stability of solid in the pressure-temperature (P-T) diagram.² Galvanomagnetic measurements define temperature both in solid and in liquid phase. The typical semiconducting character of and 1/|eR_H|, when both parameters increase with temperature, is observed also in the liquid. The negative sign of R_H is observed above 600°C within the whole region of stability of solid, both at Cd and at Te saturation, and R_H<0 both in solid and liquid. 1/|eR_H| reaches 5 10¹⁹ cm⁻³ at 1180°C and the corresponding Hall mobility is 20 cm²/Vs. Three slopes characterize the temperature dependence of a 0.7 eV in the solid CdTe below the melting point 1092°C and 4.6 eV in the liquid phase at 1092°C<T<1160°C. Above 1160°C, conductivity increases moderately with the slope 0.8 eV. The experimental data for solid CdTe are evaluated by a theoretical model, including electrons from both the central minimum (-point) and four satellite minima (L-point) of the Brillouin zone. Theab initio results fit our experimental data after small modifications very well.     

A thermal module design for advanced packaging

A hybrid silicon wafer-scale multi-chip packaging design was chosen as the basis for a high performance, high power dissipation vehicle suitable for VLSI/ULSI applications. The package supports 25 chips (l x l cm), each capable of dissipating as much as 40 W. The heat generated by the chips is removed by water channels in the underlying structure. Deep- (about 1000 μm), and shallow- (about 100 μm. deep), channel designs, with a water flow rate of 499 cc/sec, and 39 cc/sec, respectively, have been analyzed. Both designs are capable of keeping circuit temperature rise small, while maintaining a uniform chip temperature. The temperature distribution of the thermal module was obtained by solving the 2-D heat conduction equation for isolated heat sources (the chips), and heat sinks (the water channels). Assuming that each of the 25 chips dissipates 40 W/cm², and heat is removed only via water flow, the maximum chip tempertaure(t _cc which occurs at the center of a chip) rise relative to inlet water temperature is 11.4° C, and 19.0° C for the deep, and shallow designs, respectively. The maximumt _cc variation between chips on the module (the same as the water temperature rise), for the cases analyzed, is 0.5° C for the deep-channel design, and 6° C for the shallow-channel design (calculated at 25° C inlet water temperature, and an optimum flow rate). For the extremely-uneven powered case (all chips except one at the inlet end are powered at 40 W/chip), the maximum temperature increases between inlet water temperature and chip temperature,t _cc , remain relatively the same, but the maximumt _cc variations between chips on the module increase to 11.4° C, and 19° C for the deep, and shallow designs, respectively, as might be expected. The temperature variation on a powered chip is less than 3° C for both the deep- and shallow-channel designs.     

移频延时自外差法的DFB激光器线宽测量

为了测量分布反馈（DFB）单模半导体激光器线宽,采用一种新颖的基于马赫-曾德尔干涉结构的光纤自外差测量方案,设计了一套全光纤延时自外差法测量系统,并进行了理论分析。在此基础上搭建了延时光纤长度分别为900m,3000m和6000m的窄带线宽测量系统,对实验室一台中心波长为1550nm、标称线宽值为800kHz的DFB单模半导体激光器光源进行了测试,测得激光器线宽值分别为951.566kHz,832.471kHz和802.221kHz,并对所设计的方案进行了模拟仿真验证。结果表明,与模拟仿真结果作对比,延时光纤长度为6000m时的窄带线宽测量系统最优,其误差在3%之内,证明了所用自外差干涉原理的合理性和准确性。全光纤移频延时自外差法对测量DFB激光器线宽具有优越性和重要的实用价值。     

Nano Watt CMOS temperature sensor

In this paper, an ultra-low power embedded full CMOS temperature sensor based on sub-threshold MOS operation is designed in a 0.18 μm CMOS technology. It focuses on temperature measurement using the difference between the gate-source voltages of transistors operated in sub-threshold region that is proportional to absolute temperature. By using the proposed scheme the wide range supply voltage of 0.6–2.5 V with inaccuracy of +0.55 °C/V and total power consumption of merely 7 nW at 120 °C is achieved. The performance of the sensor is highly linear and the predicted temperature error is ±2 °C in the range of 10–120 °C. The sensor occupies a small area of 67 × 31 μm². Ultra-low power consumption of the sensor illustrates proper operation for low power applications such as battery powered portable devices, passive RFID tags and wireless sensor network applications.     

A high-precision system of fiber Bragg grating temperature sensing demodulation based on light power detection

A system of fiber Bragg grating (FBG) temperature sensing demodulation based on light power detection is proposed in this paper. Compared with the traditional demodulation method based on wavelength scanning, light power detection is more direct and avoids the use of spectrometer. Moreover, the light power in the system is converted into the electrical signal by the receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) and converted to the digital signal. The micro controller unit (MCU) processes the digital signal to realize the real-time temperature monitoring, which avoids the use of optical power meter (OPM). With the advantages of simple structure and low cost, the system is portable and practical. The experimental results show that the linearity coefficients R-square between light power and the sampling voltage are 0.999 08 and 0.998 93 in the temperature range from 10 °C to 85 °C, respectively. According to the results, the proved sensor has a repeatability error of 1%, a linearity error of 1.35%, and a hysteresis error of 0.7%, which indicates that the system is of high stability and high precision. The experimental results are consistent with the theory, which verifies the system''s feasibility.     

基于高频微波技术的分布式布里渊光纤温度传感器

提出了一种基于分布式布里渊光纤传感系统的温度快速测量方案。该方案基于外差相干检测原理,利用高速脉冲检波管对布里渊散射信号进行直接探测,从而缩短了测量时间;并结合累加平均与小波变换技术,减小了布里渊散射信号中的噪声,通过对去噪后的信号进行解调实现了长距离温度测量。实验结果表明,在24.8km的长度范围内,温度测量误差小于3℃,测量时间小于3s。     

Erratum

Epitaxial layers of ZnSe ranging in thickness from 5μm to 30 μm have been grown on GaAs (100) substrates over the temperature range 240° C to 340° C by atmospheric pressure MOVPE employing dimethylzinc and hydrogen selenide. An optimum growth temperature of 280 ± 5° C has been identified and when grown at this temperature the ZnSe epitaxial layers exhibit low resistivity (ρ _{298 K} ≤ 10 ohm · cm), a low compensation ratio (θ _{298 K} = 0.27), a carrier mobility (μ _{298 K} ) of 250 ±10 cm ² V ^-1 s ^-1 ) and are n -type ( n _{298 K} = 8.0 × 10 ¹⁴ cm ^-3 ). The ratio of photoluminescence intensity measured at 298K and at 12 K is high (10 ⁴ ) and is dominated by a sharp emission due to excitons bound to neutral donors at 2.7956 eV. Mass spectrometric investigations of the chemical reactions occurring inside the reactor in the presence of the GaAs substrate indicate significant surface-controlled reactivity in the region of 280° C. The online version of the original article can be found at     

Temperature-Dependent Giant Magnetoimpedance Effect in Amorphous Soft Magnets

Giant magnetoimpedance (GMI)-based devices offer potential as next-generation low-cost, flexible, ultrasensitive sensors. They can be used in applications that include current sensors, field sensors, stress sensors, and others. Challenging applications involve operation at high temperatures, and therefore studies of GMI temperature dependence and performance of soft magnetic materials are needed. We present a high-temperature GMI study on an amorphous soft magnetic microwire from room temperature to 560°C. The GMI ratio was observed to be nearly constant at ～86% at low temperatures and to decrease rapidly at ～290°C, finally reaching a near-zero value at 500°C. The rapid drop in GMI ratio at 290°C is associated with a reduction in the long-range ferromagnetic order as measured by the spontaneous magnetization (M) at the Curie temperature (T _c). We also correlated the impedance with the magnetic properties of the material. From room temperature to 290°C, the impedance was found to be proportional to the square root of the magnetization to magnetic anisotropy ratio. Lastly, M(T) has been fit using a Handrich–Kobe model, which describes the system with a modified Brillouin function and an asymmetrical distribution of exchange interactions. We infer that the structural fluctuations of the amorphous phase result in a relatively small asymmetry in the fluctuation parameters.     

BOTDR的已敷设传感光纤温度和应变区分测量方法

为了解决已敷设传感光纤中布里渊谱峰功率初值难以获取,基于频移和功率双参量的温度和应变区分测量误差大等问题,提出了解决方法。通过标定实验确定布里渊频移和相对谱峰功率的温度和应变系数、频移初始值;根据布里渊散射功率特性方程,通过试探法,利用已敷设光路中温度和应变已知的参考光纤确定方程系数,建立了谱峰功率初始值;利用归一化方法克服了传感系统中乘性噪声导致的测量误差;利用谱宽变化消除了温度和应变突变点处的谱峰功率异常峰值;最后,根据光纤复合海底电缆的现场情况建立了模拟光路,并进行了温度和应变测量实验。结果表明,在5.6 km处可实现4.3℃和110 的测量精度,可实现已敷设传感光纤整条光路上的温度和应变区分测量,为工程应用提供了理论和实验依据。     

Electromyography signal segmentation method based on spectral subtraction backtracking

Surface electromyography (EMG) is a bioelectrical signal that recognizes speech contents in a non-acoustic form. Activity detection is an important research direction in EMG research. However, in the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) environment, it is difficult for traditional methods to obtain accurate active signals. This paper proposes a new energy-based spectral subtraction backtracking (E-SSB) method to segment EMG active signal in the low SNR environment. Compared with traditional energy detection, the algorithm in this paper adds spectral subtraction (SS) to filter out the clutter, and raises a retrospective idea to improve the classification performance. The experiment results show the proposed activity detection method is more effective than other methods in the low SNR environment.