Fiber-optic Sensing

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
last updated: February 5, 2025

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Fiber-optic Sensing

GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences
@ Section 4.3 Geoenergy
This Laboratory is part of:
  • Networks: Geo.X

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Description

Optical fibers are well suited for deployment in boreholes as they can tolerate harsh environments, i.e. high pressures and temperatures, or strongly corrosive media, and are immune to electromagnetic interference.
The following devices are available for fiber-optic field and laboratory experiments: distributed temperature sensing (DTS), distributed dynamic strain sensing (DDSS), distributed strain sensing, interrogator for fiber-optic point-sensing (FBG, Fabry-Perot), devices for fibre characterisation and additional equipment.

Instruments

  • Fiber Optic Sensors

Analytical Methods

  • DDSS - Distributed Dynamic Strain Sensing
  • DSS - Distributed Strain Sensing
  • DTS - Distributed Temperature Sensing

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