Distributed vibration sensor with a lasing phase-sensitive OTDR

Abstract

The authors experimentally demonstrate the operation of a lasing phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometer (Φ-OTDR) based on random feedback from a sensing fiber. Here, the full output of the laser provides the sensing signal, in contrast to the small backscattered signal measured in a conventional OTDR. In this proof-of-principle demonstration, the laser operates as a distributed vibration sensor with signal-to-noise ratio of 23-dB and 1.37-m spatial resolution.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Oct 14, 2022
Source ID
10.1364/oe.476182

Entities

People

  • Anderson Stevens Leonidas Gomes
  • Jean Pierre Von Der Weid
  • Marlon M. Correia
  • Walter Margulis

Organizations

  • Federal University of Pernambuco
  • Fundação Carlos Chagas Filho de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro
  • National Council for Scientific and Technological Development
  • Office of Naval Research Global
  • Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Optical Fiber Sensing and Electromagnetic Propagation.
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.

Technology Areas

  • Directed Energy