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Bend-insensitive distributed sensing in singlemode-multimodesinglemode optical fiber structure by using Brillouin optical timedomain analysis

  • Pengbai Xu
  • , Hongying Zhang
  • , Zhiwei Lu
  • , Liang Chen
  • , Xiaoyi Bao
  • , Yongkang Dong*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Harbin University of Science and Technology
  • University of Ottawa

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Abstract

We propose a bend-insensitive distributed Brillouin optical fiber sensing by using a singlemode-multimode-singlemode optical fiber structure for the first time to the best of our knowledge. The sensing fiber is a graded-index multimode fiber (GI-MMF) sandwiched by two standard single-mode fibers (SMFs) with centrally alignment splicing at the interface between GI-MMF and SMF to excite the fundamental mode only in GI-MMF. The sensing system can resist a minimal bend radius of 1.25mm while maintaining the measurement performance, with which the measured coefficient of strain is 421.6MHz/%. We also demonstrate that the higher-order modes exciting in GI-MMF can be easily influenced by bending, so that the fundamental mode exciting is essential for bend-insensitive distributed sensing.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, OFS 2015
EditorsHypolito Jose Kalinowski, Jose Luis Fabris, Wojtek J. Bock
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628418392
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Event24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, OFS 2015 - Curitiba, Brazil
Duration: 28 Sep 20152 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9634
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

Conference24th International Conference on Optical Fibre Sensors, OFS 2015
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityCuritiba
Period28/09/152/10/15

Keywords

  • BOTDA
  • Bend-insensitive distributed sensing
  • Singlemode-multimode-singlemode structure

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