• Optical fiber sensors for asphalt structures monitoring 

      Bravo Acha, Mikel Upna Orcid; Rota Rodrigo, Sergio Upna; Leandro González, Daniel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Bravo Acha, A.; Bravo Navas, M.; Mitxelena, J. R.; Martínez Mazo, J. J.; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid (Optica Publishing Group, 2016)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      A novel optical fiber installation method was explored for asphalt monitoring. Glassfiber polymer encapsulated SMF was installed in the intermediate and surface layers in order to study the strain sensitivity with a ...
    • Overcoming non-local effects and Brillouin threshold limitations in Brillouin distributed sensors 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Ruiz Lombera, Rubén; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Mirapeix, Jesús; López Higuera, José Miguel; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2015)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, a Brillouin optical time domain analysis sensor that is able to operate with a probe power larger than the Brillouin threshold of the deployed sensing fiber and that ...
    • Overcoming non-local effects and Brillouin threshold limitations in Brillouin optical time domain sensors 

      Ruiz Lombera, Rubén; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Mirapeix, Jesús; López Higuera, José Miguel; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate, for the first time to our knowledge, a Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensor that is able to operate with a probe power larger than the Brillouin threshold of the deployed sensing fiber ...
    • Phase-shift based BOTDA measurements tolerant to non-local effects 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2013)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate a BOTDA sensor based on the use of the Brillouin phase shift that performs measurements tolerant to non local effects. This technique raises opportunities to increase the distance covered by these sensors ...
    • Phasorial differential pulse-width pair technique for long-range Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensors 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We introduce a novel phasorial differential pulse width pair (PDPP) method for Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors that combines spatial resolution enhancement with increased tolerance to non local ...
    • Phasorial DPP-BOTDA sensor tolerant to non-local effects 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2014)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We introduce a modification of the differential pulse width pair technique in a BOTDA sensor based on a phase modulated probe wave and RF demodulation. This provides a differential Brillouin phasorial signal with high ...
    • Polarization diversity for Brillouin distributed fiber sensors based on a double orthogonal pump 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; López Fernandino, Felipe; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2014)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate a novel Brillouin optical time domain analysis sensor deploying a polarization diversity technique which eliminates the need for polarization scrambling, providing measurements that are largely immune to the ...
    • Polarization diversity scheme for BOTDA sensors based on a double orthogonal pump interaction 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; López Fernandino, Felipe; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2015)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We introduce a Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensor deploying a novel polarization diversity technique based on the use of two orthogonal pump pulses which simultaneously interact with a phase modulated ...
    • Second-order non-local effects mitigation in BOTDA sensors by tracking the BFS profile 

      Mompó Roselló, Juan José Upna; Iribas Pardo, Haritz Upna Orcid; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2017)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate a technique to mitigate the residual second-order non-local effects in Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors in which the Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) profile is not uniform along the ...
    • Second-order nonlocal effects mitigation in Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensors by tracking the Brillouin frequency shift profile of the fiber 

      Mompó Roselló, Juan José Upna; Iribas Pardo, Haritz Upna Orcid; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (IEEE, 2017)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We report on an additional limitation that has been found in Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors due to the so-called second-order nonlocal effects (NLE). Second-order NLE appear in BOTDA setups that ...
    • Simplified Brillouin sensor for structural health monitoring applications based on passive optical filtering 

      Iribas Pardo, Haritz Upna Orcid; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2015)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We present a simplified configuration for distributed Brillouin optical time domain analysis sensors. The technique is based on passive optical filtering of the spectral components generated in an RF-pulse-modulated optical ...
    • Sources of noise in Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Soto, Marcelo A.; Thévenaz, Luc (SPIE, 2015)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      This paper presents a thorough study of the different sources of noise affecting Brillouin optical time-domain analyzers (BOTDA), providing a deep insight into the understanding of the fundamental limitations of this kind ...
    • Structural health monitoring of solar trackers using distributed fiber optic sensors 

      Mariñelarena Ollacarizqueta, Jon Upna Orcid; Mompó Roselló, Juan José Upna; Zurita Gabasa, Jesús Upna; Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Júdez Colorado, Aitor Upna; López-Amo Sáinz, Manuel Upna Orcid; Jiménez Romero, Sergio; Achaerandio, Álvaro; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2019)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate the application of a novel type of distributed fiber optic sensors (DFOSs) to dynamically monitor the effects of wind on solar tracker structures used in photovoltaic power stations. This DFOS is based on ...
    • Synthesis of Brillouin frequency shift profiles to compensate non-local effects and Brillouin induced noise in BOTDA sensors 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (Optical Society of America, 2014)   Artículo / Artikulua  OpenAccess
      We present a novel technique for Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors that simultaneously compensates non local effects and reduces Brillouin noise. The technique relies on the wavelength modulation of ...
    • Synthesis of virtual Brillouin frequency shift profiles in BOTDA sensors using optical source dithering 

      Urricelqui Polvorinos, Javier Upna Orcid; Sagüés García, Mikel Upna Orcid; Loayssa Lara, Alayn Upna Orcid (SPIE, 2014)   Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena  OpenAccess
      We demonstrate a novel concept for Brillouin optical time domain analysis sensors that is based on synthesizing a virtual Brillouin frequency shift profile along the sensing fiber. The technique is based on modulating the ...

      El Repositorio ha recibido la ayuda de la Fundación Española para la Ciencia y la Tecnología para la realización de actividades en el ámbito del fomento de la investigación científica de excelencia, en la Línea 2. Repositorios institucionales (convocatoria 2020-2021).
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