Research Article

Simultaneous Measurement of Distributed Temperature and Strain through Brillouin Frequency Shift Using a Common Communication Optical Fiber

Figure 1

Schematic diagram of experimental apparatus. OI: optical isolator; OC: optical coupler; BPF: band-pass filter; PS: polarization scrambler; AWG: arbitrary waveform generator; PD: photodetector; DAQ: data acquisition card; EOM: electro-optic modulator; EDFA: erbium-doped fiber amplifier; FUT: fiber under test; FBG: fiber Bragg grating; CIR: circulator; LNA: low-noise amplifier; LO: local oscillator; PC, polarization controller.