Abstract

The possibility of distributed wide-range strain and temperature measurements in a 100 km long optical fiber using tunable-wavelength low-coherence optical time-domain reflectometer (OTDR) is demonstrated. The specified distance range is provided by employing two narrowband microelectromechanical system (MEMS) spectral filters tuned synchronously as well as by taking advantage of Raman amplification and amplification by remotely pumped erbium-doped fiber segments built into the fiber under test. With the time of a single measurement of 10 min and the spatial resolution of about 1 m, the measurement range reached 1000 µɛ in strain units, which is equivalent to the temperature range of 110°C.

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