Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 28, Issue 10, 1883(2008)

Frequency Response of Two-Order Acoustic Low-Pass Filtering Fiber-Optic Hydrophones

Wang Zefeng*, Hu Yongming, Meng Zhou, Luo Hong, Xiong Shuidong, and Ni Ming
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    Signal aliasing is a key problem in applications of modern sonar systems based on fiber-optic hydrophones. Preliminary experimental results have shown that the acoustic low-pass filtering fiber-optic hydrophone is a simple and effective anti-aliasing scheme. We construct the low frequency lumped parameter model of acoustic low-pass filtering fiber-optic hydrophone based on the theories of electro-acoustic analogy. The frequency response of the fiber-optic hydrophone is estimated using the circuit analysis method. Theoretical results show that the fiber-optic hydrophone system has the similar response characteristics as a classical two-order low-pass filtering circuit. A simple low-pass filtering fiber-optic hydrophone is designed and manufactured to test the theory. And the acoustic sensitivity frequency response is measured in a standing-wave tube. Experimental results are, on the whole, in agreement with the numerical values. The low frequency acoustic sensitivity is about -141.5 dB. The measured resonant frequency is 985 Hz, which accords well with the theoretical value of 1270 Hz. The acoustic sensitivity at resonant frequency is -126.8 dB, and the attenuation rate is about 20 dB/octave. The attenuation beyond 3 kHz is bigger than 20 dB.

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    Wang Zefeng, Hu Yongming, Meng Zhou, Luo Hong, Xiong Shuidong, Ni Ming. Frequency Response of Two-Order Acoustic Low-Pass Filtering Fiber-Optic Hydrophones[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2008, 28(10): 1883

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    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: Jan. 7, 2008

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Oct. 24, 2008

    The Author Email: Zefeng Wang (hotrosemaths@163.com)

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