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)

• Silixa Ultima DTS
• Schlumberger DTS Ultra

Distributed Dynamic Strain Sensing (DDSS)

• Silixa iDAS-MG

Distributed Strain Sensing

• Luna ODiSI 7101
• Luna OBR 4400

Interrogator for fiber-optic point-sensing (FBG, Fabry-Perot)

• HBM SI401

Devices for fibre characterisation

• Optical spectrum analyzer Yokogawa AQ6370C
• dBMeter 1550nm, Fibotec
• Laser light source (C-band) Opto-Link OLS15C ASE
• White light source Ocean Optics HL-2000-HP

Additional equipment

• Fusion splicer FITEL S178LDF and equipment
• Quad OTDR Viavi MTS 4000
• OTDR JDSU MTS6000