Natural fiber span reflectometer providing a spread spectrum...

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2007-09-11

2007-09-11

Nguyen, Tu T. (Department: 2886)

Optics: measuring and testing

For optical fiber or waveguide inspection

Reexamination Certificate

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11056632

ABSTRACT:
A CW lightwave modulated by a continuously reiterated autocorrelated spectrum-spreading signal is launched into an end of a span of ordinary optical fiber cable. Portions of this lightwave back propagate to the launch end from a continuum of span locations because of innate fiber properties including Rayleigh effects. This is picked off the launch end and heterodyned producing an r.f. beat signal. The beat signal is processed by a plurality (can be thousands) of multifunction despreader, autocorrelator and de-multiplexer units respectively operated in different time delayed relationships to the timing base of launch signal reiteration. This provides r.f. time-domain reflectometry outputs representative of acoustic, or other signals incident upon virtual sensors at positions along the fiber corresponding to the various delay relationships. Material attenuation of undesired noises (e.g., reflections due to presence of couplers in the fiber cable line) is effected by the spectrum spreading and de-spreading.

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