Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 40, Issue 7, 0706002(2020)
Effect and Elimination of Polarization Random Noise in Golay-Coded Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis Fiber Sensors
Random polarization control in Golay-coded Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) fiber sensors can be used to mitigate the deterioration in the signal-to-noise ratio caused by the strong pulling effect of polarization. However, a relatively strong polarization random noise (PRN) is induced, which may reduce the measurement accuracy of the sensing signal. In this study, the effect of PRN on the sensing signal was confirmed through simulation analysis and experimental verification. Furthermore, Brillouin phase shift was used to suppress PRN. Experimental results show that the sensing accuracy is enhanced threefold using the proposed method.
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Peng Jiang, Lianshan Yan, Yin Zhou, Zonglei Li, Xinpu Zhang, Haijun He, Wei Pan, Bin Luo. Effect and Elimination of Polarization Random Noise in Golay-Coded Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis Fiber Sensors[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2020, 40(7): 0706002
Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications
Received: Nov. 18, 2019
Accepted: Dec. 16, 2019
Published Online: Apr. 15, 2020
The Author Email: Yan Lianshan (lsyan@home.swjtu.edu.cn)