The impact of optical noises on the performance of coded Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers is modelled and experimentally demonstrated. This enables quantitatively evaluating the actual coding gain at any point along the sensing fiber.
Luc Thévenaz, Malak Mohamed Hossameldeen Omar Mohamed Galal, Suneetha Sebastian
Luc Thévenaz, Marcelo Alfonso Soto Hernandez, Zhisheng Yang, Sheng Wang, Jian Wu