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Optics Express
|November 29, 2023
Summary
This study introduces a novel double-Brillouin peak fiber for enhanced strain and temperature sensing. The new fiber improves accuracy by reducing measurement errors in fiber sensing systems.
Area of Science:
- Optics and Photonics
- Materials Science
- Sensor Technology
Background:
- Fiber optic sensing systems often face challenges with accuracy due to limitations in multi-Brillouin peak fibers.
- Higher-order acoustic modes in specialty fibers typically exhibit weak Brillouin gain, leading to significant measurement errors.
Purpose of the Study:
- To demonstrate a multi-parameter fiber sensing system utilizing a novel double-Brillouin peak specialty fiber.
- To enhance the Brillouin gain response from higher-order acoustic modes for improved sensing accuracy.
Main Methods:
- Development of a specialty fiber with two distinct Brillouin gain peaks.
- Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) analysis to characterize the fiber's response.
- Experimental validation of discriminative strain and temperature measurements.
Main Results:
- The proposed fiber achieved comparable amplitude levels for both fundamental and higher-order acoustic mode Brillouin gain peaks.
- Significantly reduced Brillouin frequency shift error, leading to improved strain and temperature accuracies (±13 μɛ, ±0.5 °C).
- Demonstrated distinct strain and temperature coefficients for each peak (Peak 1: 47 kHz/µɛ, 1.15 MHz/°C; Peak 2: 51 kHz/µɛ, 1.37 MHz/°C).
Conclusions:
- The double-Brillouin peak fiber offers a viable alternative to existing multi-BGS peak fibers, overcoming limitations of weak higher-order mode gains.
- The enhanced gain and distinct coefficients enable accurate, discriminative strain and temperature measurements without complex setups.
- The fiber is highly beneficial for applications requiring precise strain and temperature monitoring, such as long-distance natural gas pipeline monitoring.
