Fast Brillouin optical time-domain analysis using compressed sensing

Qi Chu, Benzhang Wang, Henan Wang, Dexin Ba, Yongkang Dong

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Abstract

In view of the limitations of the traditional Brillouin optical time domain analysis (BOTDA) system such as low sampling rate, large transmission and storage space, a fast BOTDA scheme based on compressed sensing technology has been proposed to realize the random frequency sampling of Brillouin gain spectrum (BGS). The proposed scheme uses a data-adaptive sparse base obtained by the principle component analysis algorithm to realize the sparse representation of Brillouin spectrum. Then, it can be reconstructed successfully with orthogonal matching-pursuit algorithm. Compared with the traditional uniform spectrum sampling with a step size of 4 MHz, the proposed compressed sampling scheme can recover the BGS using 30% of the frequency. With fewer sampling frequencies, compressed sensing technology can improve the sensing performance of traditional fast BOTDA, including increasing the sampling rate by 3.3 times and reducing the amount of data storage by 70%.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptics Frontiers Online 2020
Subtitle of host publicationDistributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology and Applications
EditorsJiaqi Yan
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781510640443
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Externally publishedYes
EventOptics Frontiers Online 2020: Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology and Applications - Virtual, Online, China
Duration: 28 Aug 202029 Aug 2020

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume11607
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceOptics Frontiers Online 2020: Distributed Optical Fiber Sensing Technology and Applications
Country/TerritoryChina
CityVirtual, Online
Period28/08/2029/08/20

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 SPIE.

Keywords

  • Brillouin optical time domain analysis
  • Compressed sensing
  • Principle component analysis
  • Random frequency sampling

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