RT info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject T1 Distributed gas detection along microstructured optical fibers through photothermal absorption A1 García Ruiz, Andrés A1 Pastor Graells, Juan A1 Fidalgo Martins, Hugo A1 Hey Tow, Kenny A1 Thévenaz, Luc A1 Martín López, Sonia A1 González Herráez, Miguel K1 Fiber optics sensors K1 Photonic crystal fibers K1 Rayleigh scattering K1 Photothermal effects K1 Photothermal spectroscopy K1 Chemical analysis K1 Electrónica K1 Electronics AB Chirped-pulse phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry has shown a remarkable performance when applied to dynamic measurements of strain and temperature, recently reaching ranges of several kilometers while interrogating the fiber at acoustic frequencies. In this work, its sensitivity, fast response, and high spatial resolution are exploited to demonstrate the reliability of a selective distributed chemical sensor based on the photothermal effect. The presented scheme performs distributed spectroscopic detection of acetylene along a holey fiber. This potentially gives rise to a new kind of distributed chemical sensors able to track the concentration of chemical species over kilometres. SN 978-84-16989-81-2 YR 2017 FD 2017-07-12 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/32540 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/32540 LA eng NO X Reunión Española de Optoelectrónica (OPTOEL17), 12/07/2017-14/07/2017, Santiago de Compostela, España. NO European Commission DS MINDS@UW RD 26-abr-2024