Author Affiliations
1Hubei Key Laboratory of Broadband Wireless Communication and Sensor Networks, School of Information Engineering, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China2National Engineering Laboratory for Fiber Optic Sensing Technology, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, China3State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan 430070, Chinashow less
Fig. 1. Experimental setup of the coherent-detection-based distributed acoustic impedance sensing system enabled by a grating array. SOA, semiconductor optical amplifier; EOM, electro-optic modulator; EDFA, erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier; FC, fiber coupler; CFBGs, chirped fiber Bragg gratings; FUT, fiber under test; ISO, isolator; AOM, acousto-optic modulator; PC, polarization controller; PD, photodetector; DAQ, data acquisition card.
Fig. 2. Partial temporal waveform of the excitation and probe pulses, presenting 10-ns guard interval.
Fig. 3. (a) Beat signal segment and (b) normalized spectrum corresponding to a sensing fiber section between two CFBGs, when the excitation pulse is turned off.
Fig. 4. (a) Beat signal segment and (b) normalized spectrum corresponding to a sensing fiber section between two CFBGs, when the excitation pulse is turned on.
Fig. 5. (a) Beat signal of Rayleigh scattering as the excitation pulse is turned on and (b) frequency-domain diagram. (c) Part of the beat signal and (d) its corresponding frequency-domain diagram.
Fig. 6. Beat pulses generated by the entire sensing fiber.
Fig. 7. Spectra of beat pulses from the entire sensing fiber.
Fig. 8. Evolution of amplitudes of frequency components at pΩF−ωLO(p=0,1,2) along the fiber.
Fig. 9. (a) Averaged additional phase factor ξ(zr) and (b) difference of additional phase factor Δξ(zr) along the fiber.
Fig. 10. Distributed FSBS spectra when the stripped fiber section is placed in (a) air, (b) anhydrous ethanol, and (c) water.
Fig. 11. FSBS spectra of the stripped fiber section when it is placed in (a) air, (b) anhydrous ethanol, and (c) water.
Sideband Order | Beat Frequency (MHz) |
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0 | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | 200.00 | 1 | 218.02 | 265.88 | 313.72 | 361.56 | 409.40 | | 618.02 | 665.88 | 713.72 | 761.56 | 809.40 | 2 | 636.04 | 731.76 | 827.44 | 923.12 | |
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Table 1. Beat Frequencies Corresponding to p=0,±1,2 for R0,9 to R0,13 Modes with fLO = 200 MHza