Amplified space-time coding for ultra-long-distance Raman distributed temperature sensing

S. Faralli; Tiziano Nannipieri; A. Signorini; F. Di Pasquale

doi:10.1117/12.2678086

23 May 2023 Amplified space-time coding for ultra-long-distance Raman distributed temperature sensing

S. Faralli, Tiziano Nannipieri, A. Signorini, F. Di Pasquale

Proceedings Volume 12643, European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023); 1264320 (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678086
Event: European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023), 2023, Mons, Belgium

Abstract

We present a novel amplified space-time coding technique which combines cyclic-Simplex and Simplex binary codes to overcome the main limitations of conventional coding for OTDR based ultra-long distance distributed temperature sensing applications. The decoding process is performed in two successive steps, addressing the main issue related to the computational complexity of conventional codes, which increases quadratically with the code lenght, seriously affecting their performance when dealing with extremely long code-words. A link control technique is also proposed to suppress gain transients induced by the EDFA dynamics, avoiding performance degradation due to nonlinear effects and codewords distortion. The proposed scheme provides significant coding gain enhancement and stable operations below the stimulated Raman scattering threshold, pushing the performance of Raman based distributed temperature sensors close to their physical limit using commercial off-the-shelf components.

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S. Faralli, Tiziano Nannipieri, A. Signorini, and F. Di Pasquale "Amplified space-time coding for ultra-long-distance Raman distributed temperature sensing", Proc. SPIE 12643, European Workshop on Optical Fibre Sensors (EWOFS 2023), 1264320 (23 May 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2678086

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