A new method to eliminate the influence of the backward defect infection and the position-dependent of the coefficient on distributed Brillouin fiber sensor

Abstract

Two theoretical problems associated with the measurement of temperature or strain from the normalized power of Brillouin signal in a distributed fiber sensor are studied. One problem is the position-dependent of the coefficient relating the Brillouin power to the local temperature or strain. The other problem is the backward infection of the defect (local temperature or strain change). These two problems will degrade the measurement accuracy of a distributed Brillouin fiber sensor by changing the distribution of pump power. To eliminate these two problems, new reference functions are proposed to normalize the Brillouin signal. Simulation results by using fourth-order Runge–Kutta algorithm show that these new reference functions can eliminate the influence of these two problems on distributed Brillouin fiber sensor.