Novel data analysis approach for temperature and strain profile reconstruction in distributed fiber optics sensors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

Luigi Zeni; Romeo Bernini; Aldo Minardo

doi:10.1117/12.456947

22 February 2002 Novel data analysis approach for temperature and strain profile reconstruction in distributed fiber optics sensors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering

Luigi Zeni, Romeo Bernini, Aldo Minardo

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Proceedings Volume 4576, Advanced Environmental Sensing Technology II; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456947
Event: Environmental and Industrial Sensing, 2001, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The reconstruction of temperature or strain profiles along an optical fiber in Brillouin scattering-based systems, is usually made by directly reading the Brillouin power spectra extracted for each fiber location. Such approach suffers from systematic errors due mainly to nonlocal effects. In this paper, we propose a novel numerical technique for temperature/strain profile reconstructions based on Brillouin optical-fiber time-domain analysis (BOTDA) sensors. In this approach we search directly for the temperature/strain profile along the fiber that matches the measured data. The algorithm is based on an harmonic expansion of the unknown profile, whose coefficients are determined by means of a multidimensional minimization. Several numerical simulations, even in presence of noise, have proved the capability of the proposed algorithm to compensate for systematic errors suffered by classical approaches.

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Luigi Zeni, Romeo Bernini, and Aldo Minardo "Novel data analysis approach for temperature and strain profile reconstruction in distributed fiber optics sensors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering", Proc. SPIE 4576, Advanced Environmental Sensing Technology II, (22 February 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.456947

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