Abstract
A high-performance towing cable hydrophone array based on an improved ultra-sensitive fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing system (uDAS) with picostrain sensitivity is demonstrated and tested in sea trial, for the first time. A new composite transducer is designed and optimized to enhance the acoustic pressure sensitivity significantly. A sea trial is carried out to test the performances of such a hydrophone array, including flow noise, underwater acoustic signal capture capacity, beamforming processing and localization of artificial source targets. The array exhibits high sensitivity and low noise floor. An average sensitivity of -129.23 dB re rad/µPa at frequencies from 10 Hz to 1500 Hz has been achieved. The localization at distances of 5 km and 10 km is realized, respectively, validating the excellent remote detection and positioning capability of the hydrophone system. The proposed towing cable system, with high sensitivity, simple structure and remote target localization ability, may pave a way for development of the next generation of high-performance light-weighting hydrophone arrays for towing applications.
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