Authors:
David Sanahuja
1
;
Javier Preciado
2
;
Jesús Subías
1
;
Carlos Heras
3
;
Lucía Hidalgo
3
;
Iñigo Salinas
3
;
Pascual Sevillano
4
;
Juan José Martínez
4
and
Asier Villafranca
4
Affiliations:
1
Departamento de Física Aplicada, Ciencias, Universidad de Zaragoza, Pedro Cerbuna 12, 50009 Zaragoza and Spain
;
2
Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, EINA, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza, Spain, Aragón Photonics Labs (APL), Prado 5, 50009 Zaragoza and Spain
;
3
Departamento de Ingeniería Electrónica y Comunicaciones, EINA, Universidad de Zaragoza, María de Luna 1, 50018 Zaragoza and Spain
;
4
Aragón Photonics Labs (APL), Prado 5, 50009 Zaragoza and Spain
Keyword(s):
Optical Fiber, Fiber-Optic Sensor, Distributed Sensor, Rayleigh Scattering, Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Φ-OTDR), Long-Range Distributed Sensing, Modulation Instability, Fading.
Abstract:
This paper presents a set of results to demonstrate a long-range (>100km) distributed vibration sensor (DAS) based on the Coherent Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (Φ-OTDR) technique using distributed amplification of the probe pulses and detection of the backscattered traces, which demonstrates great capability to achieve long-range distances with great sensitivity. In this case, optical amplifiers have been placed along the sensing optical fiber, each one followed by a detection stage. Results for some traces detected in each of the spans along the sensing fiber, and some measurements of stimuli produced by a vibration at the end of each of the sections of the sensing fiber, are showed here. This work, framed in the project SACOH (Long-range Distributed Vibration Sensing by Coherent Rayleigh Backscattering), has been carried out in collaboration between the University of Zaragoza and the company APL (Aragón Photonics Labs).