Sidelobe apodization in optical pulse compression reflectometry for fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing

We demonstrate a technique to reduce the sidelobes in optical pulse compression reflectometry for distributed acoustic sensing. The technique is based on using a Gaussian probe pulse with linear frequency modulation. This is shown to improve the sidelobe suppression by 13 dB compared to the use of s...

ver descrição completa

Detalhes bibliográficos
Autores: Mompó, J.J., Martín López, Sonia|||0000-0001-5203-6206, González Herráez, Miguel|||0000-0003-2555-2971, Loayssa, A.
Tipo de documento: artigo
Data de publicação:2018
País:España
Recursos:Universidad de Alcalá (UAH)
Repositório:e_Buah Biblioteca Digital Universidad de Alcalá
Idioma:inglês
OAI Identifier:oai:ebuah.uah.es:10017/33079
Acesso em linha:http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33079
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.43.001499
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Remote sensing and sensors
Fiber optics sensors
Scattering
Rayleigh
Optical time domain reflectometry
Pulse compression
Ciencias tecnológicas
Electrónica
Technology
Electronics
Descrição
Resumo:We demonstrate a technique to reduce the sidelobes in optical pulse compression reflectometry for distributed acoustic sensing. The technique is based on using a Gaussian probe pulse with linear frequency modulation. This is shown to improve the sidelobe suppression by 13 dB compared to the use of square pulses without any significant penalty in terms of spatial resolution. In addition, a 2.25 dB enhancement in signal-to-noise ratio is calculated compared to the use of receiver-side windowing. The method is tested by measuring 700 Hz vibrations with a 140 nϵ amplitude at the end of a 50 km fiber sensing link with 34 cm spatial resolution, giving a record 147,058 spatially resolved points.