Code length limit in phase-sensitive OTDR using ultralong (>1M bits) pulse sequences due to fading induced by fiber optical path drifts

H. F. Martins; K. Shi; B. C. Thomsen; S. Martin-Lopez; M. Gonzalez-Herraez; S. J. Savory

doi:10.1117/12.2263117

23 April 2017 Code length limit in phase-sensitive OTDR using ultralong (>1M bits) pulse sequences due to fading induced by fiber optical path drifts

H. F. Martins, K. Shi, B. C. Thomsen, S. Martin-Lopez, M. Gonzalez-Herraez, S. J. Savory

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Proceedings Volume 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors; 103235W (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263117
Event: 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 2017, Jeju, Korea, Republic of

Abstract

Recently, it has been demonstrated that by recovering the amplitude and phase of the backscattered optical signal, a ΦOTDR using pulse coding can be treated as a fully linear system in terms of trace coding/decoding, thus allowing for the use of tens of thousands of bits with a dramatic improvement of the system performance. In this communication, as a continuation of previous work by the same authors, a preliminary study aiming at characterizing the limits of the system in terms of maximum usable code length is presented. Using a code exceeding 1million bits over a duration of 0.26ms, it is observed that fiber optical path variations exceeding ≈π occurring over a time inferior to the pulse code length can lead to localized fading in the ΦOTDR trace. The occurrence, positions and form of the fading points along the ΦOTDR trace is observed to be strongly dependent on the type, frequency and amplitude of the perturbations applied to the fiber.

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H. F. Martins, K. Shi, B. C. Thomsen, S. Martin-Lopez, M. Gonzalez-Herraez, and S. J. Savory "Code length limit in phase-sensitive OTDR using ultralong (>1M bits) pulse sequences due to fading induced by fiber optical path drifts", Proc. SPIE 10323, 25th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors, 103235W (23 April 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2263117

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