Publication
The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the measurement for direct-detection Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers is modelled and experimentally validated, with and without the use of optical pre-amplification. Results indicate that preamplification associated with a good-quality photo-detector improves considerably the actual SNR, with only 1.5 dB penalty compared to the ideal shot noise limit.
Sabine Süsstrunk, Radhakrishna Achanta, Mahmut Sami Arpa, Athanasios Fitsios, Martin Nicolas Everaert
Giovanni Boero, Fabio Donati, Soyoung Oh