A new Brillouin optical time domain localization technique
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China Ship Heavy Industry Group Company (CSIC) 750 Test Rang, Kunming 650051, China
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Published
2020-09-30
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2020-12-17
Abstract
In the Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) system, different pulse widths correspond to different spatial resolutions, but the Brillouin signals at different pulse widths overlap at the same position. The phenomenon was explained for the first time by pulse subdivision analysis. Based on this phenomenon, a new Brillouin optical time domain localization technique is proposed. Positioning the end point of the strain or temperature segment through two forward and backward measurements can improve the spatial resolution without reducing the pulse width, and overcome the limitation of the pump pulse width on the spatial resolution. And then experimentally verified. 1m long strain segment on a 24,711 m long fiber was localized by 20~100 ns pump pulse with a 10 ns of step. Strain value of 1880 μɛ with a measurement error of 36 μɛ was obtained by Lorentz bimodal fitting. Compared with other BOTDA positioning technologies, this technology does not need to reduce the pulse width to improve the spatial resolution, and it is simplicity and effectiveness. The method is believed to have extensive application prospects in distribution sensing fields.
JIANG Chao.
A new Brillouin optical time domain localization technique. Chinese Journal of Light Scattering. 2020, 32(3): 274-279 https://doi.org/10.13883/j.issn1004-5929.202003012