Quasi-distributed acoustic sensing based on optical path difference demodulation for high-frequency and large-amplitude using an optical fiber interferometer array

The phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry scheme has attracted great research interest in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) but suffers from a trade-off between the dynamic range and signal frequency. In this paper, an optical path difference (OPD) demodulation method is applied to an i...

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Veröffentlicht in:Optics letters 2024-11, Vol.49 (21), p.6305
Hauptverfasser: Zheng, Hongkun, Ma, Lingmei, Li, Caiyun, Liu, Zechao, Zhu, Chen, Zhuang, Yiyang
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Zusammenfassung:The phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry scheme has attracted great research interest in distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) but suffers from a trade-off between the dynamic range and signal frequency. In this paper, an optical path difference (OPD) demodulation method is applied to an interferometer array composed of an ultra-weak fiber Bragg grating (UWFBG) array and an imbalanced Michelson interferometer to solve this problem. As far as we know, this is the first time that OPD demodulation has been applied to DAS. The UWFBG array is interrogated by a frequency-modulated pulse, and the acoustic signal sensed by the fiber between any two adjacent UWFBGs can be retrieved by demodulating the variation of residual OPD of the interferometer formed by them. The proposed method is analyzed theoretically and validated experimentally; compared with the phase demodulation method, a 100-times boost in bandwidth is achieved for a signal with an amplitude of 0.4 µε. Results also show that the proposed method offers increasing signal-to-noise ratios as the frequency increases.
ISSN:0146-9592
1539-4794
1539-4794
DOI:10.1364/OL.540476