Veronica de Miguel

Universidad Pública de Navarra | UPNA · Department of Electric and Electronical Engineering

An overview of truly remote fiber optic sensors is presented in this work. It starts with a brief introduction of fiber optic sensor networks, showing their advantages and multiple applications. Then, the definition of truly remote networks is provided, and their main challenges discussed, such as increasing the sensing distance and the number of s...

In this work, an interferometric sensor has been interrogated 290 km away from the monitoring station, reaching the longest distance in fiber optic sensing up to date. This has been attained by employing a double-pumped random distributed feedback fiber laser as the light source for a fiber optic low-coherence interferometry scheme. Additionally, t...

An interferometric sensor located 275 km away from the monitoring station has been interrogated by a double-pumped random distributed feedback fiber laser, reaching the longest distance in fiber optic remote sensing reported up to date.

In this work, the performance of five different fiber optic sensors at cryogenic temperatures has been analyzed. A photonic crystal fiber Fabry-Pérot interferometer, two Sagnac interferometers, a commercial fiber Bragg grating (FBG), and a π-phase shifted fiber Bragg grating interrogated in a random distributed feedback fiber laser have been studie...

In this work, a new sensing application of random distributed feedback fiber lasers which allows real-time remote monitoring of an interferometric sensor by means of FFT analysis is presented and validated.

Recently, random mirrors have been proposed as a method to create fiber laser cavities. This kind of cavity is based on cooperative Rayleigh scattering, which is generated along a fiber due to the material inhomogeneities presented in that fiber. In this work, basics of Random fiber lasers and different demonstrated lasing sensors systems for inter...

A new sensing application of random distributed feedback fiber lasers that allows real-time remote monitoring of an interferometric sensor by means of FFT analysis is presented and demonstrated.

In this work, high-resolution measurements using random distributed feedback fiber lasers have been attained. A phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating is used to detect temperature shifts with a resolution under 0.01 ºC. Due to the longitudinal-modeless behavior and the inherent frequency stability of random fiber lasers, the resolution limit of convent...

In this work, a random distributed feedback (DFB) fiber laser is proposed as a multiplexing scheme for ultra-long range measurements (up to 200 km). Optical fiber sensors are time and wavelength multiplexed overcoming one of the main limitations of long-range sensing setups, which is their limited multiplexing capability. The direct modulation of t...

In this work, a new application of random distributed feedback lasers to fiber optic sensing has been presented. The particular properties of these lasers, such as the lack of longitudinal modes and high stability, have been exploited to monitor transversal load using a phase-shifted fiber Bragg grating (PS-FBG), obtaining a resolution of 1g and a...

In this paper, the experimental study and characterization of a novel real-time switchable multi-wavelength fiber laser has been carried out. Two different gain materials, such as a 50 km SMF and a 2.5 km DCF fibers were characterized and compared, respectively. The MWFL can generate any wavelength combination with an emission lines distance of 50,...

A novel interrogation system for multiple fiber optic sensor technologies and based on a fully-switchable multiwavelength fiber laser (MWFL) is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. The MWFL can generate any wavelength combination with a minimum emission line distance up to 50 GHz fitting the ITU grid specifications. On the other hand, as proof...

A real-time switchable and reconfigurable multiwavelength laser has been experimentally carried out. The laser cavity is based on a random distributed mirror and a novel real-time reconfigurable filter mirror structure. The proposed laser has been demonstrated to generate any combination of wavelengths at the 50 and 100 GHz International Telecommun...