High resolution OTDR based on up-conversion photon-counting module

Matthieu Legré; Robert Thew; Hugo Zbinden; Nicolas Gisin

doi:10.1117/12.722801

11 May 2007 High resolution OTDR based on up-conversion photon-counting module

Matthieu Legré, Robert Thew, Hugo Zbinden, Nicolas Gisin

Proceedings Volume 6583, Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Cryptography; 65830C (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722801
Event: International Congress on Optics and Optoelectronics, 2007, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

We implement an OTDR with photon-counting modules at 1550nm based on sum frequency generation in a PPLN waveguide. The narrow temporal response of those detectors allows achieving a 2-points resolution of few centimetres.

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Matthieu Legré, Robert Thew, Hugo Zbinden, and Nicolas Gisin "High resolution OTDR based on up-conversion photon-counting module", Proc. SPIE 6583, Photon Counting Applications, Quantum Optics, and Quantum Cryptography, 65830C (11 May 2007); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.722801

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