Sensors (Apr 2022)

Distributed Acoustic Sensor Using a Double Sagnac Interferometer Based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing

  • Andrey A. Zhirnov,
  • Tatyana V. Choban,
  • Konstantin V. Stepanov,
  • Kirill I. Koshelev,
  • Anton O. Chernutsky,
  • Alexey B. Pnev,
  • Valeriy E. Karasik

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/s22072772
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22, no. 7
p. 2772

Abstract

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We demonstrated a fiber optic distributed acoustic sensor based on a double Sagnac interferometer, using two wavelengths separated by CWDM modules. A mathematical model of signal formation principle, based on a shift in two signals analysis, was described and substantiated mathematically. The dependence of the sensor sensitivity on a disturbance coordinate and frequency was found and simulated, and helped determine a low sensitivity zone length and provided sensor scheme optimization. A data processing algorithm without filtering, appropriate even in case of a high system noise level, was described. An experimental study of the distributed fiber optic sensor based on a Sagnac interferometer with two wavelengths divided countering loops was carried out. An accuracy of 24 m was achieved for 25.4 km SMF sensing fiber without phase unwrapping.

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