Journal
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 30, Issue 8, Pages 1066-1072Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2011.2168808
Keywords
Brillouin scattering; coherent systems; fiber optics sensors; optical sensing and sensors; self-heterodyne detection
Funding
- Universidad Publica de Navarra
- Spanish Comision Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologia [TEC2010-20224-C02]
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In this paper we present a Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) sensor that takes advantage of the enhanced characteristics obtained employing self-heterodyne optical detection combined with synchronous demodulation. By employing this technique we increase the sensitivity of the sensor and demonstrate experimentally a 10.75-dB enhancement in the SNR compared to conventional direct-detection systems. This detection scheme also enables distributed measurements of the Brillouin phase-shift in an optical fiber, which can lead to enhanced BOTDA schemes.
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