Abstract
A method to extend the operation of traditional single-frequency phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry (ΦOTDR) to the monitoring of distributed temperature gradients along an optical fiber is proposed and experimentally validated. The measurement principle is derived from the perturbation response of a single-wavelength ΦOTDR signal, which is analyzed as a unidimensional speckle pattern. The method could be implemented in parallel to standard ΦOTDR systems used for distributed vibration sensing with a close to zero cost and without affecting its operation, as it only requires a low computational cost post-processing of the traces which are already acquired. Frequency scanning of the laser, heterodyning or additional hardware are not required. The distributed detection of a temperature gradient of 2.5 °C over 10 min is demonstrated.
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