Phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry(Ф-OTDR)is an effective way to detect vibrations and acoustic waves with high sensitivity,by interrogating coherent Rayleigh backscattering light in sensing fiber.In p...Phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry(Ф-OTDR)is an effective way to detect vibrations and acoustic waves with high sensitivity,by interrogating coherent Rayleigh backscattering light in sensing fiber.In particular,fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing(DAS)based on theФ-OTDR with phase demodulation has been extensively studied and widely used in intrusion detection,borehole seismic acquisition,structure health monitoring,etc.,in recent years,with superior advantages such as long sensing range,fast response speed,wide sensing bandwidth,low operation cost and long service lifetime.Significant advances in research and development(R&D)ofФ-OTDR have been made since 2014.In this review,we present a historical review ofФ-OTDR and then summarize the recent progress ofФ-OTDR in the Fiber Optics Research Center(FORC)at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC),which is the first group to carry out R&D ofФ-OTDR and invent ultra-sensitive DAS(uDAS)seismometer in China which is elected as one of the ten most significant technology advances of PetroChina in 2019.It can be seen that theФ-OTDR/DAS technology is currently under its rapid development stage and would reach its climax in the next 5 years.展开更多
基金The authors would like to thank all of the members in the FORC at UESTC for their hard work and important contributions to this workThis work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.41527805 and 61635005)the 111 Poject(Grant No.B14039).
文摘Phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry(Ф-OTDR)is an effective way to detect vibrations and acoustic waves with high sensitivity,by interrogating coherent Rayleigh backscattering light in sensing fiber.In particular,fiber-optic distributed acoustic sensing(DAS)based on theФ-OTDR with phase demodulation has been extensively studied and widely used in intrusion detection,borehole seismic acquisition,structure health monitoring,etc.,in recent years,with superior advantages such as long sensing range,fast response speed,wide sensing bandwidth,low operation cost and long service lifetime.Significant advances in research and development(R&D)ofФ-OTDR have been made since 2014.In this review,we present a historical review ofФ-OTDR and then summarize the recent progress ofФ-OTDR in the Fiber Optics Research Center(FORC)at University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC),which is the first group to carry out R&D ofФ-OTDR and invent ultra-sensitive DAS(uDAS)seismometer in China which is elected as one of the ten most significant technology advances of PetroChina in 2019.It can be seen that theФ-OTDR/DAS technology is currently under its rapid development stage and would reach its climax in the next 5 years.
