Cost-effective Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensor using a single optical source and passive optical filtering
Fecha
2016Autor
Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Artículo / Artikulua
Versión
Versión publicada / Argitaratu den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1155/2016/8243269
Resumen
We present a simplified configuration for distributed Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensors that aims to reduce the cost of the sensor by reducing the number of components required for the generation of the two optical waves involved in the sensing process. Te technique is based on obtaining the pump and probe waves by passive optical filtering of the spectral components generated in a s ...
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We present a simplified configuration for distributed Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensors that aims to reduce the cost of the sensor by reducing the number of components required for the generation of the two optical waves involved in the sensing process. Te technique is based on obtaining the pump and probe waves by passive optical filtering of the spectral components generated in a single optical source that is driven by a pulsed RF signal. Te optical source is a compact laser with integrated electroabsorption modulator and the optical filters are based on fiber Bragg gratings. Proof-of-concept experiments demonstrate 1m spatial resolution over a 20km sensing fiber with a 0.9MHz precision in the measurement of the Brillouin frequency shiſt, a performance similar to that of much more complex setups. Furthermore, we discuss the factors limiting the sensor performance, which are basically related to residual spectral components in the filtering process. [--]
Materias
Brillouin optical time-domain analysis,
Distributed sensors,
Passive optical filtering,
Single optical sources
Editor
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publicado en
Journal of Sensors, volume 2016 (2016), article ID 8243269
Departamento
Universidad Pública de Navarra. Departamento de Ingeniería Eléctrica y Electrónica /
Nafarroako Unibertsitate Publikoa. Ingeniaritza Elektrikoa eta Elektronikoa Saila
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Entidades Financiadoras
The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from
the Spanish Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación through the Project TEC2013-47264-C2-2-R, FEDER funds, and Universidad
Pública de Navarra.
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