Improvement of signal-to-noise capabilities of a distributed temperature sensor using optical preamplification
Improvement of signal-to-noise capabilities of a distributed temperature sensor using optical preamplification
An optical preamplifier system consisting of a 27 dB-gain erbium-doped fibre amplifier, a three-port circulator and a 47 GHz bandwidth in-fibre grating has improved the optical signal-to-noise capabilities of a Brillouin-based fibre-optic distributed temperature sensor by 17 dB. Using this system and operating at 1533 nm, a sensor with a range of 23 km, spatial resolution of 1.8 m, measurement time of 9 min and temperature resolution of 6 K was implemented. The temperature resolution was attributed to contamination of the backscattered spontaneous Brillouin signal by the residual Rayleigh signal after optical filtering.
952-957
de Souza, K.
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Newson, T.P.
6735857e-d947-45ec-8163-54ebb25daad7
2001
de Souza, K.
03fbf873-6edf-490a-b884-7c7c5dcb058e
Newson, T.P.
6735857e-d947-45ec-8163-54ebb25daad7
de Souza, K. and Newson, T.P.
(2001)
Improvement of signal-to-noise capabilities of a distributed temperature sensor using optical preamplification.
Measurement Science and Technology, 12 (7), .
(doi:10.1088/0957-0233/12/7/336).
Abstract
An optical preamplifier system consisting of a 27 dB-gain erbium-doped fibre amplifier, a three-port circulator and a 47 GHz bandwidth in-fibre grating has improved the optical signal-to-noise capabilities of a Brillouin-based fibre-optic distributed temperature sensor by 17 dB. Using this system and operating at 1533 nm, a sensor with a range of 23 km, spatial resolution of 1.8 m, measurement time of 9 min and temperature resolution of 6 K was implemented. The temperature resolution was attributed to contamination of the backscattered spontaneous Brillouin signal by the residual Rayleigh signal after optical filtering.
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Published date: 2001
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