Towards ultra-stable DAS measurements

Vidal-Moreno, Pedro J.; Rochat, Etienne; Fernández-Ruiz, María R.; Martins, Hugo; Martin-Lopez, Sonia; Gonzalez-Herraez, Miguel; Ocaña, Manuel

Year: 2022

Type of Publication: In Proceedings

Keywords: Erbium-doped fiber amplifiers; Frequency measurement; Optical circulators; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Spatial resolution; Variable optical attenuators

Book title: 27th International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors

Pages: Th4.26

DOI: 10.1364/OFS.2022.Th4.26

Abstract:

Distributed acoustic sensors cumulatively measure fiber variations, introducing a 1/f noise that makes long-term measurements impossible. We present an ``absolute'' measurement method that allows accurate single-shot measurements at frequencies from \<0.1 $\mu$Hz to acoustic frequencies.