Agilent Technologies, Inc.

Ap Sensing Gmbh

Gerd Koffmane

Gregor Cedilnik

Alexander Lazar

According to an embodiment there is provided a distributed optical sensing apparatus for determining of a primary quantity along a waveguide, the distributed optical sensing apparatus comprising: an electromagnetic radiation source adapted for coupling electromagnetic radiation into the waveguide to thereby generate in the waveguide (e.g. by interaction with the waveguide) a first response radiation and a different second response radiation; a detector device adapted for providing a first measurement signal indicative of the first response radiation and a second measurement signal indicative of the second response radiation; an evaluation unit adapted for deriving a secondary quantity (e.g. a loss) based on the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal; the evaluation unit being further adapted for deriving the primary quantity based on the secondary quantity and at least one of the first measurement signal and the second measurement signal.

Distributed optical sensing with two-step evaluation

A slope generator generates, in response to an input signal, a slope between a first and a second voltage level of an output voltage at an output node. The slope generator comprises a capacitor coupled to the output node, a first current source for providing a first current to the output node, and a second current source for providing a second current to the output node controlled by a first current switch. A control electrode of a first current path of the first current switch is coupled to and controlled by the input signal, a second current path is coupled to the output node, and the first current switch provides the first and the second voltage levels, or corresponding voltage levels derived therefrom, to the output node.

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Althengstett, Germany

Gerd Koffmane