Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9 (3): 223, Published Online: Sep. 8, 2019   

Distributed Vibration Sensor With Laser Phase-Noise Immunity by Phase-Extraction φ-OTDR

Author Affiliations
1 State Grid Shanghai Municipal Electric Power Company, Shanghai 200072, China
2 Key laboratory of Specialty Fiber Optics and Optical Access Networks, Joint International Research Laboratory ofSpecialty Fiber Optics and Advanced Communication, Shanghai Institute for Advanced Communication and Data Science, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
Abstract
We have demonstrated a distributed vibration sensor based on phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometer (φ-OTDR) system exhibiting immunity to the laser phase noise. Two laser sources with different linewidth and phase noise levels are used in the φ-OTDR system, respectively. Based on the phase noise power spectrum density of both lasers, the laser phase is almost unchanged during an extremely short period of time, hence, the impact of phase noise can be suppressed effectively through phase difference between the Rayleigh scattered light from two adjacent sections of the fiber which define the gauge length. Based on the phase difference method, the external vibration can be located accurately at 41.01 km by the φ-OTDR system incorporating these two lasers. Meanwhile, the average signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the retrieved vibration signal by using Laser I is found to be ~37.7 dB, which is comparable to that of ~37.5 dB by using Laser II although the linewidth and the phase noise level of the two lasers are distinct. The obtained results indicate that the phase difference method can enhance the performance of φ-OTDR system with laser phase-noise immunity for distributed vibration sensing, showing potential application in oil-gas pipeline monitoring, perimeter security, and other fields.

Yuying SHAO, Huanhuan LIU, Peng PENG, Fufei PANG, Guoqin YU, Zhen CHEN, Na CHEN, Tingyun WANG. Distributed Vibration Sensor With Laser Phase-Noise Immunity by Phase-Extraction φ-OTDR[J]. Photonic Sensors, 2019, 9(3): 223.

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