Title :
First demonstration of distributed Brillouin measurement with centimeter-order resolution based on plastic optical fibers
Author :
Hayashi, Neisei ; Mizuno, Yosuke ; Nakamura, Kentaro
Author_Institution :
Precision & Intell. Lab., Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
We demonstrate distributed strain/temperature sensing with a high spatial resolution in plastic optical fibers (POFs) based on Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry. A 10-cm-long heated POF section is successfully detected with a high signal-to-noise ratio.
Keywords :
Brillouin spectra; fibre optic sensors; optical fibre testing; reflectometry; strain sensors; temperature sensors; Brillouin optical correlation-domain reflectometry; centimeter-order resolution; distance 10 cm; distributed Brillouin measurement; distributed strain sensing; distributed temperature sensing; high signal-to-noise ratio; high spatial resolution; plastic optical fibers; Optical fibers; Scattering; Spatial resolution; Strain; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fibre Technology, 2014 OptoElectronics and Communication Conference and Australian Conference on
Conference_Location :
Melbourne, VIC
