Acta Optica Sinica (Online), Volume. 2, Issue 15, 1514004(2025)

BOTDR Weak Frequency Shift Position Identification Method Based on BFS Fluctuation Calculation

Haoran Gao1, Xinyu Liu1, Yongzheng Li2,3, Linfeng Guo1,3,4、*, and Xiaomin Xu4,5,6
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  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 2China Railway No.3 Group East China Construction Co., Ltd., Nanjing 211153, Jiangsu , China
  • 3Jiangsu Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Optoelectronic Sensing Technology of Atmosphere, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 4Jiangsu International Joint Laboratory for Meteorological Photonics and Optoelectronic Detection, Nanjing 210044, Jiangsu , China
  • 5Department of Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
  • 6Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 1PZ, United Kingdom
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    To enhance the localization capability of Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry (BOTDR) for weak temperature variations along optical fibers, a method based on Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) fluctuation calculation is proposed. This method uses the BFS of a temperature-invariant fiber as a baseline, which is processed via sliding averaging to establish a reference benchmark. The measured BFS data under temperature variation undergoes identical processing and is then compared pointwise with the benchmark. This enables the localization of weak frequency shift points and the inference of their corresponding temperature variation ranges. Experimental results demonstrate that, without adding any additional hardware components to the system, the proposed method successfully identifies minute temperature change regions of 0.5 ℃, leading to improved system performance.

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    Haoran Gao, Xinyu Liu, Yongzheng Li, Linfeng Guo, Xiaomin Xu. BOTDR Weak Frequency Shift Position Identification Method Based on BFS Fluctuation Calculation[J]. Acta Optica Sinica (Online), 2025, 2(15): 1514004

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    Paper Information

    Category: Applied Optics and Optical Instruments

    Received: Jun. 24, 2025

    Accepted: Jul. 9, 2025

    Published Online: Aug. 7, 2025

    The Author Email: Linfeng Guo (guolf_nj@163.com)

    DOI:10.3788/AOSOL250485

    CSTR:32394.14.AOSOL250485

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