Brillouin spectral deconvolution method for centimeter spatial resolution and high-accuracy strain measurement in Brillouin sensors

Combining a dc and a short pulse (approximately 1 ns) as the probe beam in the pump-probe configuration of Brillouin-based distributed sensors allows us to represent the Brillouin spectrum as a top Lorentzian-like portion and a bottom Gaussian-like portion. Because of the interaction of these two parts, the Lorentzian-like portion carries spatial information that can be extracted within centimeter spatial resolution. Using this information, we develop a spectrum deconvolution method, which considers the location correlation of the strain distribution, to find the number of Brillouin peaks and their frequencies in the top Lorentzian-like portion and hence achieve accurate strain information. An optimum level of dc to pulse power for the best signal and position detection capability is discussed.     

Impact of Brillouin amplification on the spatial resolution of noise-correlated Brillouin optical reflectometry

To obtain high spatial resolution over a long sensing distance in Brillouin optical correlation domain reflectometry(BOCDR), a broad laser spectrum and high pump power are used to improve the signal-to-noise ratio(SNR). In this Letter, we use a noise-modulated laser to study the variation of the Brillouin spectrum bandwidth and its impact on the coherent length of BOCDR quantitatively. The result shows that the best spatial resolution(lowest coherent length) is achieved by the lowest pump power with the highest noise-modulation spectrum. Temperature-induced changes in the Brillouin frequency shift along a 253.1 m fiber are demonstrated with a 19 cm spatial resolution.     

偏振模耦合分布式光纤传感器空间分辨率研究

分析了偏振模耦合原理的分布式光纤传感器的自相干与互相干光；实验测量的干涉光证明了理论分析是正确的；利用偏振模耦合原理传感与白光干涉检测的分布式光纤传感器的空间分辨率是由光纤偏振色散系数与光源的谱宽决定的；由实验测量的偏振模耦合分布式光纤传感器的空间分辨率为6cm. 关键词： 光纤传感器 保偏光纤 空间分辨率 偏振模耦合     

High-repetition-rate distributed Brillouin sensor based on optical correlation-domain analysis with differential frequency modulation

A kind of high-repetition-rate distributed Brillouin sensor is proposed and experimentally demonstrated based on optical correlation-domain analysis with differential frequency modulation, where the optical frequencies of the pump and the probe waves are modulated at slightly different RFs so that the temporal position of the measurement is continuously and repeatedly swept along a fiber under test. A distribution map of Brillouin frequency variation along a 100 m optical fiber is acquired at a repetition rate of 20 Hz with an accuracy of ±2.5 MHz and a spatial resolution of about 80 cm.     

Optical coherent detection Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor based on orthogonal polarization diversity reception

In Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor, using optical coherent detection to detect Brillouin scattering optical signal is a good method, but there exists the polarization correlated detection problem. A novel detecting scheme is presented and demonstrated experimentally, which adopts orthogonal polarization diversity reception to resolve the polarization correlated detection problem. A laser is used as pump and reference light sources, a microwave electric-optical modulator (EOM) is adopted to produce frequency shift reference light, a polarization controller is used to control the polarization of the reference light which is changed into two orthogonal polarization for two adjacent acquisition periods. The Brillouin scattering light is coherently detected with the reference light, and the Brillouin scattering optical signal is taken out based on Brillouin frequency shift. After electronic processing, better Brillouin distributed sensing signal is obtained. A 25-km Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensor is achieved.     

基于自发布里渊散射的双路分布式光纤传感器设计与实现

利用光纤中的布里渊散射光频移与温度和应变呈线性关系的原理,提出了一种基于自发布里渊散射的双支路分布式光纤传感系统。该系统利用不同种类光纤的布里渊频移差别,同时对两条线路的应力和温度进行监测,实现对被测对象多方位的同时测量,缩短了探测时间,提高了工作效率。本文实现了两路光纤的同时监测,用6 km的光纤作为传感介质,获得了4 m的空间分辨率。得到的实验结果表明,提出的系统能准确判断40 ns脉冲光在两路传感光纤沿线产生的自发布里渊背向散射光谱的中心频率变化。      

Distributed strain measurement with millimeter-order spatial resolution based on Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis

Distributed strain sensing with millimeter-order spatial resolution is demonstrated in optical fibers based on Brillouin optical correlation domain analysis. A novel beat lock-in detection scheme is introduced to suppress background noises coming from the reflection of Brillouin pump waves. The Brillouin frequency shifts of 3 mm fiber sections are successfully measured with a theoretical spatial resolution of 1.6 mm.     

Effect of Brillouin slow light on distributed Brillouin fiber sensors

The effect of Brillouin slow light on distributed Brillouin fiber sensors (DBFSs) is studied. We demonstrate Brillouin slow light for a 1.2 ns pulse with peak powers (PS) from 3.3 to 56.2 mW on depletion of the pump power (PP) ranging from 1.3 to 83.2 mW in conventional optical fibers (SMF-28). Experiments show that, when pump power depletion is not negligible, for a given PP the Brillouin gain and delay time of a pulse decrease when PS increases in a long (> or =10 km) sensing fiber. The optimum pump beam depletion resulting from strong interaction of the pump and the probe in the fiber provides accurate temperature and strain information at a high spatial resolution. Our study reveals that at low PP the spatial resolution error caused by the pulse delay for a DBFS with centimeter spatial resolution is less than 5% of the pulse length.     

Determination of thermal residual strain in cabled optical fiber with high spatial resolution by Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry

The thermal residual strain induced in the cabled optical fiber is a very important factor for evaluating the reliability of optical fiber cables. In order to determine the distributed thermal residual strain in cabled optical fiber, a measurement method based on Brillouin optical time-domain reflectometry (BOTDR) system is proposed in the article. Thermal characteristics of residual strain along cabled optical fibers are investigated theoretically and experimentally based on Brillouin frequency shift (BFS) detection. The thermal residual strain along the cabled fiber, if any, can be determined with a high spatial resolution that is equal to that of the BOTDR system and can be less than a few meters. A double-coated fiber in loose optical cable was used as the test cabled optical fiber, and the experimental results were in good agreement with those predicted from the theory. It has been found that the fiber residual strain increases linearly with decreasing temperature in the range from 50 to ?50 °C.     

Improving spatial resolution in fiber Raman distributed temperature sensor by using deconvolution algorithm

The deconvolution algorithm is adopted on the fiber Raman distributed temperature sensor （FRDTS） to improve the spatial resolution without reducing the pulse width of the light source. Numerical simulation shows that the spatial resolution is enhanced by four times using the frequency-domain deconvolution algorithm with high temperature accuracy. In experiment, a spatial resolution of 15 m is realized using a master oscillator power amplifier light source with 300-ns pulse width. In addition, the dispersion-induced limitation of the minimum spatial resolution achieved by deconvolution algorithm is analyzed. The results indicate that the deconvolution algorithm is a beneficial complement for the FRDTS to realize accurate locating and temperature monitoring for sharp temperature variations.     

面向冰盖剖面的高空间分辨率分布式光纤测温系统设计

针对现有冬季冰盖垂直剖面温度检测技术的不足,设计了一种具有高空间分辨率的分布式光纤测温系统,介绍了系统的测量原理和总体结构,提出使用反卷积校正算法,避免了因受系统有限带宽影响而导致的测温不准,从而提升空间分辨率.同时进行了相关测温实验.该算法可以在保证温度测量精度的前提下,将系统的空间分辨率从1.3 m提升至0.5 m...     

高分辨率光学遥感卫星小目标法在轨辐射定标

辐射定标是卫星遥感信息定量化的关键技术之一。高分辨率光学遥感卫星小目标法在轨定标将目标反射率的现场测量转换为实验室高精度测量,以实际测量代替气溶胶散射特性假设,通过简化辐射传输计算获取大气透过率与遥感器入瞳辐亮度,根据遥感器系统PSF检测结果将小目标的辐射响应与背景辐射相分离,降低对场区背景环境要求的同时提高了绝对辐射定标精度。试验结果分析表明,高分辨率光学遥感卫星传感器小目标法在轨辐射定标不确定度优于3%,与大面积辐射校正场或灰阶靶标法的定标结果差异3.65%,小目标法有望在全谱段范围实现高分辨率光学遥感卫星传感器的全动态范围定标与几何检校。     

A 5 cm spatial resolution temperature compensated distributed strain sensor evaluated using a temperature controlled strain rig

Sensing rigs used for Brillouin scattering based distributed strain and temperature measurements so far have comprised separate sections of sensing fiber subjected to either temperature or strain influences. We demonstrate a scheme that allows for temperature corrected distributed strain measurements under environments involving simultaneous application of strain and temperature, with enhanced spatial resolution of 5 cm. Strain and temperature resolution of 63 με and 2 °C are reported. To the best of our knowledge, this is the highest spatial resolution temperature compensated distributed strain sensor result so far.     

Accuracy enhancement in Brillouin scattering distributed temperature sensor based on Hilbert transform

The scattering optical signal of OTDR based Brillouin scattering distributed sensor is very weak and have a frequency width of several decades megahertz, so it is hard to perform the traditional analogue coherent demodulation. A novel optical coherent detection based on Hilbert transform is presented here. In detail, Brillouin backscattering light is coherent detected with the reference light, which is modulated by microwave electric optical modulator to produce frequency-adjustable light, then the detected photocurrent signal is demodulated by digital signal processing based on Hilbert transform, and at last the distributed sensing signal with better S/N ratio is gained, which can enhance the performance of the sensor. The simulation and experimental results of the detection method are given.     

Effect of detector size on optical resolution in phase contrast microscopes

We examine the effects of detector size on the imaging properties of a scanning phase contrast microscope. The lateral size of the point-spread function is found to be wider when a point detector is used than when a much larger detector is used. Combining this finding with the well-known difficulties involved in using a confocal microscope in transmission mode suggests that a phase contrast microscope employing a point detector will in general have inferior imaging properties compared with one employing a large detector.     

Stimulated Brillouin scattering frequency-domain analysis in a single-mode optical fiber for distributed sensing

A numerical and experimental analysis of the stimulated Brillouin scattering in a single-mode optical fiber for distributed sensing applications is carried out in the frequency domain. The theoretical model describing the Brillouin interaction is solved by taking into account the temporal dynamics of the acoustic wave that is involved. The simulations and the experimental results reveal the role played by the ac component of the acoustic wave, which is responsible for significant changes of the small-signal stimulated Brillouin scattering transfer function that occur when the modulation frequency rises above the natural Brillouin gain spectrum linewidth. One should take these effects into account to perform accurate signal processing of frequency-domain signals in high-resolution distributed sensing applications.     

High spatial resolution distributed strain sensor based on linear chirped fiber Bragg grating and fiber loop ringdown spectroscopy

A simple sensor system for high spatial resolution distributed strain field measurement is proposed and demonstrated experimentally. The fiber loop ringdown technique combined with a linear chirped fiber Bragg grating is used to realize the high spatial resolution. A proof-of-concept distributed strain sensor with 2?mm spatial resolution is realized. The sensor network is also explored and researched experimentally. The proposed technique suggests a broad range of applications for real-time distributed physical parameter sensing, such as strain or temperature.     

Effect of the finite extinction ratio of an electro-optic modulator on the performance of distributed probe-pump Brillouin sensor systems

The effect of the finite extinction ratio of an electro-optic modulator (EOM) on the Brillouin frequency measurement of a distributed Brillouin-based fiber optic sensor is studied. An EOM with a finite extinction ratio limits the application of Brillouin optical time domain analysis in a distributed Brillouin-based fiber optic sensor. This results in confusion in specifying the location of the strained region and in error in detecting the Brillouin frequency and hence in strain and temperature measurement.     

Full field deformation measurement of centimeter sized objects using optical phase retrieval

Most papers in the field of optical phase retrieval either consider only the intensity (or amplitude) profile of the object under inspection (or scatterer location in the X-ray version), or a uniform tilt/rotation of the object beam. However, phase retrieval is able to recover the phase profile of the object (beam) as well, which theoretically makes the observable interference of phase retrieved object waves possible. In this paper we demonstrate this principle experimentally on centimeter sized deformable reflective objects (as large as 40 mm by 40 mm) and corresponding simulations are also presented. When the CCD camera is moved along the optical axis in the Fresnel region, the interference fringes of the displacement field have low contrast. On the other hand, when an imaging setup is built, and the camera moves near the image plane, high fringe contrast can be obtained. These fringes however suffer from some phase error. In our work the iterative modulus projection algorithm was used as a simply implementable phase retrieval method.     

微扫描对空间分辨率的影响

在详细分析使用微扫描技术减少混淆效应的基础上，给出一种利用微扫描技术进行空间分辨率影响分析的像素传递函数（PTF）方法，并基于2×2和4×4两种微扫描形式对该函数进行分析计算和讨论。计算结果表明，在焦平面阵列给定的情况下，微扫描技术能适当提高焦平面空间的分辨率，有效减小图像混淆，明显改善成像质量。指出在没有高空间分辨率成像器件的情况下，利用微扫描技术和低分辨率成像器件来获得较高空间分辨率的图像是完全可能的。