Recent progress in distributed Brillouin scattering fiber sensors (Invited)

Moshe Tur, Avi Motil, Ido Sovran, Arik Bergman

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Abstract

An overview of recent progress in the field of distributed fiber-optic sensors based on stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is presented. SBS sensors provide distributed measurements of temperature and strain, in which every segment of standard fiber serves as a sensing element. The fundamental measurement configuration was first proposed in the late 1980's, and commercial systems are available since the 1990's. The technology is being adopted by the oil and gas, energy, civil engineering and aerospace sectors. Examples of several recent and significant advances include the extension of the measurement range beyond 100 km; cm-scale spatial resolution over km-scale lengths; range and spatial resolution improvement, using elaborate radar coding techniques; the use of polarization-maintaining fibers to differentiate between strain and temperature; dynamic measurements of fast (∼millisecond) events; and finally performance modeling and the emergence of guidelines and figures of merit.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE SENSORS 2014, Proceedings
EditorsFrancisco J. Arregui
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages138-141
Number of pages4
EditionDecember
ISBN (Electronic)9781479901616
DOIs
StatePublished - 12 Dec 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event13th IEEE SENSORS Conference, SENSORS 2014 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 2 Nov 20145 Nov 2014

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
NumberDecember
Volume2014-December
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference13th IEEE SENSORS Conference, SENSORS 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period2/11/145/11/14

Keywords

  • Brillouin
  • Distributed sensing
  • Optical fiber sensors

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