• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 38, Issue 3, 328016 (2018)
Wang Yu1, Jin Baoquan1, Zhang Jianguo1, Wang Dong1, Zhang Mingjiang1, Wang Anbang1, and Wang Yuncai1、2、*
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    Wang Yu, Jin Baoquan, Zhang Jianguo, Wang Dong, Zhang Mingjiang, Wang Anbang, Wang Yuncai. Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensing Based on Chaotic Laser Interference[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(3): 328016 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    A distributed optical fiber acoustic sensing system based on chaotic laser interference is proposed, which uses the external cavity feedback semiconductor chaotic laser as the sensing light source, and the non-equal length of Mach-Zehnder arms for the introduction of the interference optical path difference. The reciprocal effect of the annular interference system is overcome by the linear Sagnac structure. The spectral null-frequency point is applied to realize the distributed location of sound signals.The experimental results show that, this system can real-time extract the single-tone signal with a frequency of 1 kHz and the voice signal in the frequency range of 200-900 Hz. Compared with the traditional broadband amplified spontaneous emission laser, this acoustic sensing system based on chaotic laser interference has a better sound frequency response curve, a higher detection sensitivity and a uniform plane directivity. Moreover, a broad-spectrum sound positioning in a 12 km single-mode fiber is achieved, which provides a new sensitivity enhancement solution for the distributed optical fiber acoustic sensing system.
    Wang Yu, Jin Baoquan, Zhang Jianguo, Wang Dong, Zhang Mingjiang, Wang Anbang, Wang Yuncai. Distributed Optical Fiber Acoustic Sensing Based on Chaotic Laser Interference[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2018, 38(3): 328016
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