SNR-enhanced fast BOTDA combining channel estimation technique with complementary pulse coding

C Zhao, M Tang, R Liao, H Wu, S Fu - IEEE photonics journal, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We have implemented a BOTDA that combines channel estimation and complementary
coding technique for high performance distributed sensing. The use of OFDM-modulated …

Bipolar pulse coding for enhanced performance in Brillouin distributed optical fiber sensors

MA Soto, S Le Floch… - … Conference on Optical …, 2012 - spiedigitallibrary.org
We propose and experimentally demonstrate the possibility to use a pump signal based on
bipolar pulse sequences using single-sideband suppressed-carrier (SSB-SC) modulation in …

Increasing robustness of bipolar pulse coding in Brillouin distributed fiber sensors

Z Yang, MA Soto, L Thévenaz - Optics Express, 2015 - opg.optica.org
The robustness of bipolar pulse coding against pump depletion issues in Brillouin
distributed fiber sensors is theoretically and experimentally investigated. The presented …

Bipolar optical pulse coding for performance enhancement in BOTDA sensors

MA Soto, S Le Floch, L Thévenaz - Optics Express, 2013 - opg.optica.org
A pump signal based on bipolar pulse coding and single-sideband suppressed-carried
(SSB-SC) modulation is proposed for Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA) …

Long-range BOTDA sensor over 50 km distance employing pre-pumped Simplex coding

Q Sun, X Tu, S Sun, Z Meng - Journal of optics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We propose and demonstrate a long-range Brillouin optical time-domain analysis (BOTDA)
sensor based on the pre-pumped Simplex coding technique. This approach combines …

Random coding method for SNR enhancement of BOTDR

Q Wang, Q Bai, C Liang, Y Wang, Y Liu, B Jin - Optics express, 2022 - opg.optica.org
A random coding method for a Brillouin optical time domain reflectometer (BOTDR) fiber
sensor is proposed. In this method, a series of pulses modulated by random code are …

Enhancing the performance of BOTDR based on the combination of FFT technique and complementary coding

F Wang, C Zhu, C Cao, X Zhang - Optics Express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We implement a BOTDR sensor that combines the complementary coding with the fast
Fourier transform (FFT) technique for high-performance distributed sensing. The …

Hybrid aperiodic coding for SNR improvement in a BOTDA fiber sensor

Y Zhou, L Yan, C Liu, H He, Z Li, H Qian, J Ye… - Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The measurement accuracy of a Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) fiber sensor
is determined by the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of the received sensing signal. Here, a new …

BOTDA Sensing System Based on Differential Golay Coding and Deconvolution Algorithm

W Wei, L Shen, Z Zhao, C Zhao… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Performance enhanced BOTDA sensors that allows for simultaneous optimization of sensing
range and spatial resolution is proposed and demonstrated in this work by using differential …

DBA-based BOTDA using optical comb pump and pulse coding with a single laser

HQ Chang, XH Jia, XL Ji, C Xu, L Ao… - IEEE Photonics …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We proposed and demonstrated a new structure, which employs a single laser in Brillouin
optical time-domain analysis sensor assisted by distributed Brillouin amplification. This …