Extinction ratio free phase sensitive optical time domain reflectometry based distributed acoustic sensing system

A phase sensitive optical time domain reflectometry based distributed acoustic sensing system eliminating a degradation in a sensing performance encountered due to a finite extinction ratio of optical elements used to generate optical pulses is provided. A classical Optical Time Domain Reflectometer...

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Hauptverfasser:	Akgun, Toygar, Aktas, Metin
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
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Zusammenfassung:	A phase sensitive optical time domain reflectometry based distributed acoustic sensing system eliminating a degradation in a sensing performance encountered due to a finite extinction ratio of optical elements used to generate optical pulses is provided. A classical Optical Time Domain Reflectometer (OTDR) concept and a phase-OTDR concept are merged to generate an optic pulse for an interrogation with commercially available optic modulators. Characteristics of a light inside a fiber optic cable carry properties of both classical OTDR and phase-OTDR systems. The proposed solution does not require any modifications in a receiver part of the phase-OTDR systems and the proposed solution is used for any type of phase-OTDR system structure.