RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Sidelobe apodization in optical pulse compression reflectometry for fiber optic distributed acoustic sensing A1 Mompó, J.J. A1 Martín López, Sonia A1 González Herráez, Miguel A1 Loayssa, A. K1 Remote sensing and sensors K1 Fiber optics sensors K1 Scattering K1 Rayleigh K1 Optical time domain reflectometry K1 Pulse compression K1 Ciencias tecnológicas K1 Electrónica K1 Technology K1 Electronics AB We demonstrate a technique to reduce the sidelobes in opticalpulse compression reflectometry for distributed acousticsensing. The technique is based on using a Gaussianprobe pulse with linear frequency modulation. This isshown to improve the sidelobe suppression by 13 dB comparedto the use of square pulses without any significantpenalty in terms of spatial resolution. In addition, a 2.25 dBenhancement in signal-to-noise ratio is calculated comparedto the use of receiver-side windowing. The method is testedby measuring 700 Hz vibrations with a 140 nϵ amplitudeat the end of a 50 km fiber sensing link with 34 cm spatialresolution, giving a record 147,058 spatially resolvedpoints. PB Optical Society of America SN 0146-9592 YR 2018 FD 2018-04 LK http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33079 UL http://hdl.handle.net/10017/33079 LA eng NO European Commission DS MINDS@UW RD 20-abr-2024