Distributed optical fiber microphone

  • C. R. Zamarreno
  • , C. Martelli
  • , R. Daciuk
  • , G. Dutra
  • , U. J. Dreyer
  • , J. C. Cardozo Da Silva
  • , I. R. Matias
  • , F. J. Arregui

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Abstract

A distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) optical fiber system has been studied using intensity-based optical time-domain reflectometry (i-OTDR). The fiber strain originated by sound waves (pressure waves) is in general quite small to enable the detection using conventional Rayleigh backscattering intensity based systems (low signal to noise ratio). Here, a 10 m portion of optical fiber has been rolled following a plane spiral shape in order increase the fiber surface subjected to the acoustic waves pressure and improve the signal to noise ratio (SNR). The performance of the system within the human voice frequency range (300-3400Hz) has been studied showing to effectively acquire voice signals at different points along a ∼2.5 Km fiber.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE SENSORS 2017 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1-3
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)9781509010127
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Dec 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event16th IEEE SENSORS Conference, ICSENS 2017 - Glasgow, United Kingdom
Duration: 30 Oct 20171 Nov 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings of IEEE Sensors
Volume2017-December
ISSN (Print)1930-0395
ISSN (Electronic)2168-9229

Conference

Conference16th IEEE SENSORS Conference, ICSENS 2017
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityGlasgow
Period30/10/171/11/17

Keywords

  • Distributed acoustic sensing
  • Rayleigh scattering
  • optical fiber
  • optical microphone

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