Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 60, Issue 7, 0706003(2023)

Experimental Study on Acoustic Sensitization of Thin-Walled Cylinder for Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensing

Jing Xia1,2,3, Junfeng Jiang1,2,3、*, Shuang Wang1,2,3, Zhenyang Ding1,2,3, Guanhua Liang1,2,3, Panpan Niu1,2,3, Yize Liu1,2,3, Xuezhi Zhang1,2,3, and Tiegen Liu1,2,3
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  • 1School of Precision Instruments and Opto-electronics Engineering, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 2Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
  • 3Engineering Center of Optical Fiber Sensing, Institute of Optical Fiber Sensing, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300072, China
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    An acoustic sensitization method based on a fiber-wrapped thin-walled cylinder is studied. The sound pressure sensitivity calibration experiment system is established based on a 3×3 coupler. The directional characteristics of a thin-walled cylinder are experimentally investigated. The influence of the cylinder radius and wall thickness on the acoustic sensitization of fiber is studied experimentally, and the sound pressure sensitivity reaches 1.338 rad/Pa (-117.47 dB re rad/Pa). Then, the fiber-wrapped thin-walled cylinder is applied to a quasi-distributed acoustic sensing system for testing. For a 20.06-km sensing distance, the error between the 1-kHz sinusoidal applied waveform and experimental recovered waveform is below 4.1%. The signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) is 21.03 dB higher than that of unsensitized fiber coil sensing, showing the effect of the acoustic sensitization sensing of the thin-walled cylinder. The results provide an experimental basis for further developing high-sensitivity quasi-distributed acoustic sensing.

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    Jing Xia, Junfeng Jiang, Shuang Wang, Zhenyang Ding, Guanhua Liang, Panpan Niu, Yize Liu, Xuezhi Zhang, Tiegen Liu. Experimental Study on Acoustic Sensitization of Thin-Walled Cylinder for Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensing[J]. Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, 2023, 60(7): 0706003

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Dec. 30, 2021

    Accepted: Feb. 14, 2022

    Published Online: Mar. 31, 2023

    The Author Email: Jiang Junfeng (jiangjfjxu@tju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP213403

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