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    Area of Science:

    • Optoelectronics
    • Nonlinear Optics
    • Fiber Optic Sensing

    Background:

    • Phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (ϕOTDR) traditionally uses rectangular probe pulses.
    • Existing ϕOTDR systems face trade-offs between signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), spatial resolution, and operating range.
    • Increasing probe power to enhance parameters is limited by nonlinear effects like modulation instability.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the impact of probe pulse temporal shape on visibility fading in ϕOTDR.
    • To explore methods for mitigating nonlinear effects and improving ϕOTDR performance.

    Main Methods:

    • Numerical and experimental analysis of four probe pulse shapes: rectangular, Gaussian, triangular, and super-Gaussian (order 2).
    • Evaluation of modulation instability effects on pulse visibility.
    • Comparison of system performance metrics (range, SNR, spatial resolution) across different pulse shapes.

    Main Results:

    • The use of triangular or Gaussian-like probe pulses significantly inhibits visibility fading caused by modulation instability.
    • Non-rectangular pulses demonstrate more robust behavior against Fermi-Pasta-Ulam recurrence.
    • A twofold increase in operating range was achieved with triangular or Gaussian pulses for the same pulse energy and nominal spatial resolution compared to rectangular pulses.

    Conclusions:

    • Optimizing probe pulse shape is a viable strategy to enhance ϕOTDR performance.
    • Gaussian and triangular pulses offer a significant advantage over rectangular pulses in mitigating nonlinear effects and extending system range.
    • This finding enables improved performance in fiber optic sensing applications without requiring higher peak power.