Distributed fiber optic stress sensing by synthesis of arbitrary-shaped coherence function

Zuyuan He; Kazuo Hotate

doi:10.1117/12.417405

1 March 2001 Distributed fiber optic stress sensing by synthesis of arbitrary-shaped coherence function

Zuyuan He, Kazuo Hotate

Proceedings Volume 4204, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology II; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417405
Event: Environmental and Industrial Sensing, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

It is demonstrated that optical coherence function can be synthesized into almost any arbitrary shape by stepwise spectral modulation of a laser source and synchronous phase modulation. In this presentation, the coherence function is synthesized experimentally into three forms, a scanning delta-function-like peak, a scanning peak with low side-lobes, and a standing triangle, respectively. The lasing frequency of a broadband tunable super-structure-grating distributed Bragg reflector laser diode (SSG-DBR-LD) is stepwise modulated. The spectral intensity is tailored with a semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) to fit the spectral patterns required by correspondent coherence functions. The synthesized coherence functions are employed for distributed fiber optic stress sensing or stress locating. A polarization maintaining optical fiber (PMF) is used as the sensing element. When a stress is applied to the PMF, polarization mode coupling occurs; then an optical path difference between the two polarization modes appears due to their different propagation speeds. The optical path difference can be figured out by manipulating the coherence function. When using the coherence function of scanning peak, the coherence peak is moved to scan the detection range by the phase modulation; therefore, the stress distribution can be obtained. When using triangular coherence function, the detection range is set within a linear slope of the triangle, so the stress location is directly converted into the value of the coherence degree.

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Zuyuan He and Kazuo Hotate "Distributed fiber optic stress sensing by synthesis of arbitrary-shaped coherence function", Proc. SPIE 4204, Fiber Optic Sensor Technology II, (1 March 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.417405

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