Chaotic Brillouin optical correlation-domain analysis

Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a chaotic Brillouin optical correlation-domain analysis system for distributed fiber sensing. The utilization of a chaotic laser with a low coherence state ensures high spatial resolution. The experimental results demonstrate a 4 cm spatial resolution over a 906 m measurement range. The uncertainty in the measurement of the local Brillouin frequency shift is ±1.2 MHz. The analysis of the expected spatial resolution and signal-to-noise ratio is also given.