Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 33, Issue 7, 706005(2013)

Phase Sensitive Optical Time Domin Reflectometer Based on Two-Beam Interference

An Yang1、*, Feng Hao1, Zhang Jingchuan2, Feng Xin1, Zeng Zhoumo1, and Jin Shijiu1
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    A distributed vibration sensor based on two-beam interference is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Optical pulses are launched into two distributed fibers. With the interference effect of two channel Rayleigh scattering signals and the positioning principle of conventional optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR), detection and location of vibration events along sensing fibers can be achieved. A new signal processing method is subsequently utilized to improve the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the signal and reduce the system computation. Experimental results show that the system can effectively detect and precisely positioning the external vibration events with high sensitivity. A validated optimal spatial resolution of 20 m is acquired under testing fiber length of 5 km and the SNR of the differential signal can be as high as 8.5 dB. This new interferometer can be used for long distance monitoring such as pipeline security pre-warning as well as any vibration monitoring.

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    An Yang, Feng Hao, Zhang Jingchuan, Feng Xin, Zeng Zhoumo, Jin Shijiu. Phase Sensitive Optical Time Domin Reflectometer Based on Two-Beam Interference[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(7): 706005

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Feb. 4, 2013

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Jul. 1, 2013

    The Author Email: Yang An (anyang@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/aos201333.0706005

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