Minimizing the measurement time of frequency-scanned phase-sensitive OTDR enabled by sinc interpolation

• DOI: 10.1364/ofs.2022.th4.65
• Publication Date: 2022-11-16T09:25:28Z
• Authors: Qian Zhang; Zhisheng Yang; Xiaobin Hong; Xia Gao; Jian Wu
• Keywords: 0103 physical sciences; 01 natural sciences; 0104 chemical sciences

Design rules for minimizing the measurement time of frequency-scanned phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (Φ-OTDR) are addressed, enabling to achieve the shortest possible measurement time without large errors nor systematical errors.