RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 100 km BOTDA temperature sensor with sub-meter resolution A1 Angulo Vinuesa, Xabier A1 Martín López, Sonia A1 Corredera, Pedro A1 González Herráez, Miguel K1 Brillouin scattering K1 Differential pulse-width pair technique K1 Distributed optic fiber sensor K1 Distributed Raman amplification K1 Raman scattering K1 Temperature sensor K1 Ciencias tecnológicas K1 Electrónica K1 Technology K1 Electronics AB Temperature or strain sensing in long-range (> 70 km) Brillouin Optical Time Domain Analysis (BOTDA) below 2 meter resolution cannot be trivially achieved due to numerous matters such as fiber attenuation, self-phase modulation, depletion, resolution-uncertainty trade-offs, etc. In this paper we show that combining Raman assistance and the Differential Pulse-width Pair (DPP) technique sub-metrical resolution is achievable in a BOTDA over 100 km sensing range. We successfully demonstrate the detection of a 0.5 meter hot-spot in the position of worst contrast along the fiber. PB Society of Photo Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) SN 978-0-81949-103-9 SN 0277-786X YR 2012 FD 2012-10-15 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26490 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/26490 LA eng NO 22nd International Conference on Optical Fiber Sensors (OFS2012), Beijing, China | October 14, 2012 NO Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación DS MINDS@UW RD 25-abr-2024