Brillouin optical time-domain analyzer for extended sensing range using probe dithering and cyclic coding
Fecha
2017Versión
Acceso abierto / Sarbide irekia
Tipo
Contribución a congreso / Biltzarrerako ekarpena
Versión
Versión aceptada / Onetsi den bertsioa
Impacto
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10.1117/12.2265426
Resumen
We present an enhanced performance Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensor that uses dual probes waves with optical frequency modulation and cyclic coding. The frequency modulation serves to increase the probe power that can be injected in the fiber before the onset of non-local effects and noise generated by spontaneous Brillouin scattering. This leads to higher detected signal-to-noise rati ...
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We present an enhanced performance Brillouin optical time-domain analysis sensor that uses dual probes waves with optical frequency modulation and cyclic coding. The frequency modulation serves to increase the probe power that can be injected in the fiber before the onset of non-local effects and noise generated by spontaneous Brillouin scattering. This leads to higher detected signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), which is further increased by the coding gain. The enhanced SNR translates to extended range for the sensor, with experiments demonstrating 1-m spatial resolution over a 164 km fiber loop with a 3-MHz Brillouin frequency shift measurement precision at the worst contrast position. In addition, we introduce a study of the power limits that can be injected in the fiber with cyclic coding before the appearance of distortions in the decoded signal. [--]
Materias
Brillouin distributed sensors,
Brillouin optical time domain analysis,
Cyclic coding
Editor
SPIE
Publicado en
Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 103230Q (April 23, 2017)
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 of the Spanish Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad
through the projects TEC2013-47264- C2-2-R and TEC2016-76021-C2-1-R, FEDER funds and the UPNA.