We design and experimentally demonstrate a highly efficient coherence transfer based on composite optical phaselocked loop comprising multiple feedback servo loops. The heterodyne offset-locking is achieved by conducting an acousto-optic frequency shifter in combination with the current tuning and the temperature controlling of the semiconductor laser. The adaptation of the composite optical phase-locked loop enables the tight coherence transfer from a frequency comb to a semiconductor laser in a fully dynamic manner.
Phase error compensation is necessity for high resolution optical frequency modulated continuous wave (OFMCW). In the phase error compensation of OFMCW, the precise measurement of laser source phase is the most significant. In this paper, we proposed a phase-smooth unwrapping algorithm to settle the issue of phase leap over 2π, thus could restore precisely the real phase of laser source, then could compensated the phase error in OFMCW. With that method, OFMCW's resolution could be promoted to 0.5 mm at over 200 m.
We proposed a scheme of optical frequency modulated continuous wave (OFMCW) system based on the polarization diversity heterodyne receiver (PDHR) with a frequency swept distributed feedback (DFB) laser. The adoption of PDHR in OFMCW system successfully reduced the polarization-induced fading and improved the signal to noise ratio (SNR). High-sensitivity OFMCW system is achieved, which has spatial resolution of 1.5 mm for distance of 1.5 km.
Optical frequency domain reflectometry is a suitable and promising measurement technique for optical network components characterization; however its performance is severely limited by sweep nonlinearity of the laser chirp. We demonstrate precise linearization of broadband optical frequency chirp using optoelectronic feedback loop. The sweep rate and the laser chirp shape is locked to and determined by the frequency of a reference electronic signal, an agile, high coherence swept-frequency semiconductor laser source with a bandwidth of 66GHz in 100ms is achieved. The laser source is applied to a coherent optical frequency domain reflectometry; a transform-limited spatial resolution of 1.5mm at a distance of 200 meters is demonstrated.
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