发明名称 |
MULTI-PULSE HETERODYNE SUB-CARRIER INTERROGATION OF INTERFEROMETRIC SENSORS |
摘要 |
A method for interrogating time-multiplexed interferometric sensors using multiple interrogation pulses so as to increases the allowable interrogation pulse duty-cycle and improve the signal-to-noise ratio. In each TDM repetition period a sequence of multiple interrogation pulses are generated. The pulses in the sequence are separated by a time that is equal to the sensor imbalance. The phase from pulse to pulse in each TDM time-slot is modulated at a different, linear rate such that the pulse in time-slot m will have an optical frequency that is shifted by m.DELTA..nu., where .DELTA..nu. is the sub-carrier frequency. Because multiple reflections do not need to fade out the inventive method can enhance the signal-to-noise ratio of interferometric sensors such as inline Fabry-Perot sensors.
|
申请公布号 |
CA2509186(C) |
申请公布日期 |
2010.04.27 |
申请号 |
CA20052509186 |
申请日期 |
2005.06.03 |
申请人 |
OPTOPLAN AS |
发明人 |
WAAGAARD, OLE HENRIK;RONNEKLEIV, ERLEND |
分类号 |
G01B9/02;G01D5/26;G01D5/353;G02F;G02F1/21;H04B10/04;H04J14/08 |
主分类号 |
G01B9/02 |
代理机构 |
|
代理人 |
|
主权项 |
|
地址 |
|