Interrogation of a Sensor Array of Identical Weak FBGs using Dispersive Incoherent OFDR

[EN] Incoherent Optical Fourier-Domain Reflectometry incorporating a dispersive delay line is used for the interrogation of an array of three identical fiber Bragg gratings with a Bragg wavelength of 1552.81 nm, reflectivity of 19.3 dB and 10-cm separation. The dispersive delay line induces differen...

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Autores: Clement, Juan, Torregrosa, German, Hervás-Peralta, Javier, Fernandez-Pousa, Carlos R., Barrera Vilar, David|||0000-0002-1700-6842, Sales Maicas, Salvador|||0000-0001-9457-976X
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/83359
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/83359
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Optical fiber sensors
OFDR
Dispersive delay line
Fiber Bragg gratings
Sensor interrogation
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Sumario:[EN] Incoherent Optical Fourier-Domain Reflectometry incorporating a dispersive delay line is used for the interrogation of an array of three identical fiber Bragg gratings with a Bragg wavelength of 1552.81 nm, reflectivity of 19.3 dB and 10-cm separation. The dispersive delay line induces different delays in the wavelengths reflected by each grating, thus being sensitive to Bragg wavelength shifts. Compared with conventional incoherent Optical Fourier-Domain Reflectometry, dispersive effects decrease the spatial resolution, which in our experiments reached a value of 1.2 cm in fiber at a measurement bandwidth of 10 GHz. As a quasi-distributed temperature sensor, the array shows an accuracy of ±0.5ºC for temperatures up to 100ºC, and an estimated total measurement range of 540ºC. Tradeoffs between bandwidth, scan time, dispersion-dependent spatial resolution, and accuracy, are also analyzed.