• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 13, Issue 8, 080604 (2015)
Jing Chai1、2, Mingjiang Zhang1、2、*, Yi Liu1、2, Lan Li1、2, Weipeng Xu1、2, and Yuncai Wang1、2
Author Affiliations
  • 1Key Lab of Advanced Transducers and Intelligent Control System, Ministry of Education and Shanxi Province, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
  • 2Institute of Optoelectronic Engineering, College of Physics and Optoelectronics, Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan 030024, China
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    DOI: 10.3788/COL201513.080604 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Jing Chai, Mingjiang Zhang, Yi Liu, Lan Li, Weipeng Xu, Yuncai Wang. Distributed fiber temperature sensor using a laser diode modulated by a pseudo-random bit sequence[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(8): 080604 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    We propose and demonstrate a scheme to measure the distribution of temperature along an optical fiber based on pseudo-random sequence modulation. In our experimental work, current modulation with a pseudo-random bit sequence (PRBS) is applied to a laser diode that serves as the Brillouin pump light and reference light. Because of the independence of the spatial resolution on the PRBS length, the measurement range can be extended while maintaining high spatial resolution using a long PRBS length. Temperature-induced changes in a Brillouin frequency shift of 250 m fiber sections are clearly observed with 54 cm spatial resolution by this method.
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    Jing Chai, Mingjiang Zhang, Yi Liu, Lan Li, Weipeng Xu, Yuncai Wang. Distributed fiber temperature sensor using a laser diode modulated by a pseudo-random bit sequence[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2015, 13(8): 080604
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