Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 62, Issue 13, 1306001(2025)

Research Progress on Distributed Fiber-Optic Hydrophone Technology

Changjia Wang1,2,3, Xin Gui1,2,3, Xulei Fu1,2,3, Yiming Wang1,2,3, Bowen Han1,2,3, and Zhengying Li1,2,3、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei , China
  • 2National Engineering Research Center of Fiber Optic Sensing Technology and Networks, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei , China
  • 3Hubei Key Laboratory of Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Hubei , China
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    Figures & Tables(10)
    Simulation results of acoustic pressure sensitivity for bare optical fibers of different lengths
    Spiral sensitization structure
    Schematic of the towed hydrophone array structure and tow-cable sample[31]
    Distributed fiber-optic hydrophone based on reflection-enhanced optical fiber[34]
    Distributed fiber-optic hydrophone based on chirped fiber Bragg grating array[26]
    Experimental setup for polarization fading suppression in distributed interferometric sensing[73]
    System diagram for phase noise suppression using an auxiliary interferometer[89]
    Flowchart of the DUIRE phase unwrapping algorithm[95]
    Localization results of moving targets[29]
    • Table 1. Performance comparison of three different types of fiber-optic hydrophones

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      Table 1. Performance comparison of three different types of fiber-optic hydrophones

      TypeRayleigh scattering typeEnhanced reflection point typeEnhanced FBG array type
      CostLowRelatively lowRelatively low
      Difficulty of maintenanceLowLowLow
      Environmental adaptabilityHighMediumMedium
      SensitivityRelatively lowHighHigh
      Signal-to-noise ratioLowHighHigh

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      scenarios

      Submarine earthquake

      oil and gas pipeline

      Port security

      military sonar

      Port security

      military sonar

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    Paper Information

    Category: Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

    Received: May. 6, 2025

    Accepted: Jun. 3, 2025

    Published Online: Jul. 16, 2025

    The Author Email: Zhengying Li (zhyli@wuht.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/LOP251154

    CSTR:32186.14.LOP251154

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