250 km ultra long remote sensor system based on a fiber loop mirror interrogated by an OTDR

Date

2011

Authors

Baptista, José Manuel
Santos, José Luís
Frazão, Orlando

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Optical Society of America
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa

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Abstract

A 253 km ultra long remote displacement sensor system based on a fiber loop mirror interrogated by a commercial OTDR is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The use of a fiber loop mirror increases the signal to noise ratio allowing the system to interrogate sensors placed 253 km away from the monitoring system without using any optical amplification. The displacement sensor was based on a long period grating spliced inside of the loop mirror, which modifies the mirror reflectivity accordingly to the applied displacement.

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Keywords

Ultralong remote sensors, Fiber loop mirrors, Optical time-domain reflectometers

Department

Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica / Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa

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