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Hybrid Fiber-Optic Sensing Integrating Brillouin Optical Time-Domain Analysis and Fiber Bragg Grating for Long-Range Two-Parameter Measurement
Content Provider | MDPI |
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Author | Liaw, Shien-Kuei Liao, Chi-Wen Tsai, Meng-Hsuan Li, Dong-Chang Yang, Shu-Ming Xia, Zhu-Yong Yeh, Chien-Hung Liu, Wen-Fung |
Copyright Year | 2021 |
Description | Distributed fiber sensing (DFS) can provide real-time signals and warnings. The entire length of fiber optic cable can act as a sensing element, but the accuracy is sometimes limited. On the other hand, point-to-point fiber sensing (PPFS) is usually implemented using one or more fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) at specific positions along with the fiber for the monitoring of specific parameters (temperature, strain, pressure, and so on). However, the cost becomes expensive when the number of FBGs increases. A hybrid fiber sensing scheme is thus proposed, combining the advantages of DFS and PPFS. It is based on a Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) fiber system with additional FBGs embedded at certain positions where it is necessary to detect specific parameters. The hybrid fiber sensing system has the advantages of full sensing coverage at essential locations that need to be carefully monitored. In our work, the test results showed that the proposed system could achieve a sensing distance of 16 km with the single-mode fiber with a 2 m spatial resolution. For FBG parameter measurements, the temperature variation was 52 °C, from 25 °C to 77 °C, with a temperature sensitivity of 23 pm/°C, and the strain was from 0 to 400 µε, with a strain sensitivity of 0.975 pm/µε, respectively, using two FBGs. |
Starting Page | 4224 |
e-ISSN | 14248220 |
DOI | 10.3390/s21124224 |
Journal | Sensors |
Issue Number | 12 |
Volume Number | 21 |
Language | English |
Publisher | MDPI |
Publisher Date | 2021-06-20 |
Access Restriction | Open |
Subject Keyword | Sensors Telecommunications Brillouin Optical Time-domain Analysis Fiber Bragg Grating Distributed Fiber Sensing Point To Point Hybrid Sensing |
Content Type | Text |
Resource Type | Article |