Abstract

We demonstrate a novel type of distributed optical fiber acoustic sensor, with the ability to detect and retrieve actual temporal waveforms of multiple vibration events that occur simultaneously at different positions along the fiber. The system is realized via a dual-pulse phase-sensitive optical time-domain reflectometry, and the actual waveform is retrieved by heterodyne phase demodulation. Experimental results show that the system has a background noise level as low as $8.91\times {10}^{-4}\mathrm{rad}/\surd \mathrm{Hz}$ with a demodulation signal-to-noise ratio of 49.17 dB at 1 kHz, and can achieve a dynamic range of $\sim 60\mathrm{dB}$ at 1 kHz (0.1 to 104 rad) for phase demodulation, as well as a detection frequency range from 20 Hz to 25 kHz.

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