[HTML][HTML] Recent progress in fiber-optic hydrophones

Z Meng, W Chen, J Wang, X Hu, M Chen, Y Zhang - Photonic Sensors, 2021 - Springer
Fiber-optic hydrophone (FOH) is a significant type of acoustic sensor, which can be used in
both military and civilian fields such as underwater target detection, oil and natural gas …

Distributed optical fiber hydrophone based on Φ-OTDR and its field test

B Lu, B Wu, J Gu, J Yang, K Gao, Z Wang, L Ye… - Optics express, 2021 - opg.optica.org
In this letter, a distributed optical fiber hydrophone (DOFH) based on Φ-OTDR is
demonstrated and tested in the field. The specially designed sensitized optical cable with …

Fully distributed hydroacoustic sensing based on ultra-highly sensitive and lightweight fiber-optic hydrophone cable

J Chen, H Li, X Xiao, C Fan, B Yan, S Zhang… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we demonstrate a fully distributed hydroacoustic sensing based on the ultra-
highly sensitive and lightweight fiber-optic hydrophone cable assisted with heterodyne …

Fiber Optic Hydrophones for towed array applications

FA Bruno, M Janneh, A Gunda, R Kyselica… - Optics and Lasers in …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, we report the design and development of a fiber optic hydrophone for
underwater applications. The sensing configuration is based on a Michelson interferometer …

High-performance fiber optic interferometric hydrophone based on push–pull structure

Y Yang, Z Luo, Z Wang, Y Zhang… - IEEE Transactions …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A high-performance fiber optic interferometric hydrophone based on a push–pull mandrel
structure, with high sensitivity and wide-frequency response, is designed and developed …

Thin cable fiber-optic hydrophone array for passive acoustic surveillance applications

MY Plotnikov, VS Lavrov… - IEEE Sensors …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fiber-optic interferometric sensing is a very attractive approach for creating lightweight, high-
sensitive, and fully passive fiber-optic hydrophone arrays. In this paper, results of sea trials …

Moving fiber-optic hydrophone

WB Spillman, RL Gravel - Optics Letters, 1980 - opg.optica.org
A fiber-optic hydrophone based on an intensity-modulation mechanism is described. The
device possesses sufficient sensitivity to detect typical deep-sea noise levels in the …

Characterization of an optical multilayer hydrophone with constant frequency response in the range from 1 to 75 MHz

V Wilkens - The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2003 - pubs.aip.org
The performance of an optical multilayer hydrophone for ultrasound measurements is
investigated both in theoretical terms and experimentally. The optical measurement system …

Acoustic performance of a large-aperture, seabed, fiber-optic hydrophone array

GA Cranch, R Crickmore, CK Kirkendall… - The Journal of the …, 2004 - pubs.aip.org
A large-aperture, seabed mounted, fiber-optic hydrophone array has been constructed and
characterized. The system is designed for use as a large area surveillance array for …

Review of interferometric optical fibre hydrophone technology

P Nash - IEE Proceedings-Radar, Sonar and Navigation, 1996 - IET
Optical fibre hydrophone systems have been developed in recent years for a variety of sonar
applications, and the technology has now reached a stage where it is able to compete with …