Open AccessHigh spatial resolution distributed fiber strain sensor based on phase-OFDR
Author(s) -
Jiong Li,
Jiulin Gan,
Zhishen Zhang,
Xiaobo Heng,
Changsheng Yang,
Qi Qian,
Shanhui Xu,
Zhongmin Yang
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.25.027913
Subject(s) - reflectometry , optics , image resolution , demodulation , materials science , distributed acoustic sensing , phase (matter) , fiber optic sensor , rayleigh scattering , optical fiber , resolution (logic) , strain (injury) , physics , time domain , computer science , telecommunications , channel (broadcasting) , quantum mechanics , artificial intelligence , computer vision , medicine
A novel method to realize high spatial resolution distributed strain measurement is proposed based on phase demodulation scheme of optical frequency domain reflectometry (OFDR). Strain information can be demodulated directly by analyzing the phase change of Rayleigh backscattered light. Strain location can be obtained with high spatial resolution by cross-correlation method using a wide scanning range of tunable laser source. Based on the above scheme, breakpoint detection with 0.1 mm spatial resolution has been demonstrated, static and dynamic strain up to 100 Hz could be distributedly measured with 10 cm spatial resolution over 200 m sensing fiber, and the minimum measurable strain is about 1 με.