Comparison of Raman and Fiber Bragg Grating-Based Fiber Sensor Systems for Distributed Temperature Measurements

Abstract:

Two types of distributed fiber sensor systems for temperature measurements have been developed: the first one is multi-point Fiber Bragg Grating based system with interrogation by CW tunable laser and nonlinearity compensation by reference interferometer. The second device is Raman scattering system based on optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) with a pulsed laser providing spatial resolution of several meters and efficient spectral filtering of the Stokes and anti-Sokes signals by means of WDM couplers. Physical effects important for the systems operation are analyzed and their parameters are compared and optimized for applications in oil-gas industry and turbogenerator temperature monitoring.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 437)
• Pages: 309-313
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.437.309
• Online since: May 2010
• Authors: Sergey A. Babin, Alexey G. Kuznetsov, Ivan S. Shelemba
• Keywords: Distributed Measurements, Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG), Fiber Optic Sensor, Optical Time Domain Reflectometry

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